The media is deceptively claiming that Rick Santorum is mainly supported by working-class whites who share his socially conservative views. March 1, 2012
The Republican primaries are getting underway--in a race in which the candidates have gone out of their way to take the most extreme right-wing positions. January 3, 2012
The resounding defeats of an Ohio anti-union law and Mississippi anti-abortion measure were signs of a new political mood shaped by Occupy. November 15, 2011
The "real" Barack Obama is the one who wants cuts in the social safety net--and the "class warrior" is a costume he dons for election campaigns. September 26, 2011
The deal on the debt ceiling accomplished the opposite of what most Americans want, according to polls. Why is a vocal minority dominating mainstream politics? August 25, 2011
An ever-widening scandal is engulfing the empire of billionaire Rupert Murdoch--one of the vilest entitles ever to pollute the media landscape. July 19, 2011
Organized labor's commitment to the Democrats has come at a steep cost to the unions' ability to advance even basic working-class politics. March 17, 2011
It's no coincidence that media praise for Barack Obama's recent performance coincides with a White House charm offensive toward big business. January 25, 2011
Corporate America is praising William Daley as a White House chief of staff who will "understand us." But it's hard to see how he's much of a change. January 11, 2011
Barack Obama's deficit commission issued a report recommending unprecedented austerity measures that will serve as a model for future budget proposals. December 7, 2010
The media's conventional wisdom is that the results of Election 2010 represent vast public support for the Tea Party's right-wing message. They got it wrong. November 8, 2010
The emergence of the Tea Partiers and the looming GOP victory in November has led to a revival of the idea that the U.S. population is basically conservative. September 7, 2010
Conservatives shouldn't bank on the Tea Party corralling another generation of support for pro-business policies like the New Right of the 1970s did. April 27, 2010
Depending on who's talking, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is either a "saboteur" undercutting Barack Obama's liberalism or a voice of realism. March 24, 2010
In contrast to the sense of hope about Obama a year ago, political momentum is with conservatives today. But does this mean that America is turning right? March 2, 2010
The tea partiers celebrated their "movement" at a convention in Nashville, but is this really a sign that the right wing is on the ascendancy? February 9, 2010
Last year, the Democrats were celebrating the biggest governing majority in a generation. This year, they're worried about getting crushed in the next election. January 29, 2010
Republican Scott Brown--who vows to be the "41st vote" to defeat health care legislation--beat a panicked Democratic Party in liberal Massachusetts. January 20, 2010
The chorus of liberal opinion selling pro-corporate health care legislation as an acceptable compromise with political "realism" is growing louder. January 11, 2010
