Religious Right and Tea Party

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?

It may be a goldmine for comedians, but Donald Trump's maybe-campaign for president shows the advanced state of decay of the U.S. political system.

Will politicians confront the hard questions about the connections between the mass shooting in Arizona and the violent rhetoric of the right?

Glenn Beck is an idiot, and his rant about socialists, including the publishers of this Web site, proves it. But no one should doubt that he's a dangerous idiot.

More and more people are feeling the urgent need to challenge the right wing and its bigotry. But that challenge will have to come from below.

Here's what passes for mainstream politics today--the Republicans spout inflammatory lies, and the Democrats retreat and act like they can't do anything about it.

After months of getting cover from the media and politicians, the so-called Tea Party Movement has been exposed for the racism at its core.

The right-wing Tea Partiers are making their presence felt within the Republican Party, but they don't speak for the majority of people in the U.S.

The author of The Case for Socialism responds to a critique from an unexpected source--South Carolina's Republican Sen. Jim DeMint.

How is it that gun-toting right-wing extremists and the Republican politicians who pander to them can get away with masquerading as "populists?"

Virginia's Republican governor grabbed national attention with a proclamation to honor the history of the Confederacy and its war to defend slavery.

The media portray the tea party movement as grassroots--but the powers behind it are veteran insiders with vast sums of money at their command.