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Joan Walsh is a national affairs correspondent for the Nation and political analyst for MSNBC. A former editor-at-large for Salon, she is the author of What's the Matter with White People: Why We Long for a Golden Age that Never Was.
The US Supreme Court and Gender Politics Judge Brett Kavanaugh did what no Supreme Court nominee had ever done before. He defended his reputation in public--on Fox News. Meantime, male Republican Senators said they’d hired a “female assistant.” She’ll question the woman accusing the judge of sexual assault while he was in prep school. What’s in store for Kavanaugh’s confirmation-- and the prestige of the highest court in the land?
Hillary Goes for the Kill Clinton says Trump should not be trusted to have a hand on the nuclear button. Paul Ryan endorses him. And Trump says a judge is too Mexican.
Republican Stages of Grief, All at Once GOP anger, bargaining and depression; and the women of SCOTUS
Is It Time to Declare Donald Trump's Demise? Can Marco Rubio consolidate the establishment vote? Artful smears in the Democrat side?
Previewing Tomorrow's Democratic Debate Candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination will be on stage in New Hampshire tomorrow night, just as a new dispute is breaking out in the party. Screenshot from Democratic presidential debate on November 14, 2015 The angry crowd of nine Republican presidential candidates boosted CNN's prime-time ratings on Tuesday. Now — on a Saturday night, less than a week before Christmas — three Democrats will go at each other tomorrow on ABC. Joan Walsh is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and political analyst for MSNBC .
A Thankful Roundtable We're thankful for modern medicine, helping refugees, consumer culture -- and Donald Trump?
Republicans Rage Against the Liberal Media Debate backlash and a budget deal in the Senate.
The Clown Car Grows Three more candidates join the presidential field. Plus, NSA reform and professors who fear their students.
NSA, Immigration and Nice Nails Reforming the Patriot Act, Hillary on Immigration and exploiting nail workers.
Bill Clinton to Take the Stage at the Democratic Convention Tonight, former President Bill Clinton will be the prime time speaker who nominates the current President Barack Obama for re-election. Republicans claim he'll just remind voters of better days. Is he a risky choice for prime time? Will he overshadow the man he'll nominate? We talk about a stormy relationship with the biographer of both Clinton and Obama , whose relationship is one of the most fascinating in current American politics.
Watching Obama Run Nearly a year ago, Salon blogger Joan Walsh landed in Des Moines, Iowa, to cover Barack Obama 's race for the White House. In a piece posted today, the campaign reporter takes stock of twelve remarkable months in politics, as well as what she got right and what she got wrong about the campaign that made history.
What you need to know about the Gas Tax Last year, California legislators increased California’s gas tax by 12 cents a gallon. The revenue raised from the increases, over $5 billion a year, is supposed to be spent on improving transportation in the state. But there’s been a backlash to the gas tax increase, resulting in Proposition 6 on the November ballot. If passed, it would roll back the tax and require all future fuel tax increases to get voter approval.
LRC Live: Taxes, tech and Taylor Swift It’s a special live Left, Right & Center from San Francisco!
LA Renters Fight Back The housing crisis is so bad that some landlords are boosting rents without making fixes to big problems, like mold and infestation. Now, some Angelenos are taking a labor union approach and organizing renter strikes. We go to Westlake and Highland Park with LA Taco editor Daniel Hernandez. The housing crisis is so bad that some landlords are boosting rents without making fixes to big problems, like mold and infestation. Now, some Angelenos are taking a labor union approach and organizing renter strikes. We go to Westlake and Highland Park with LA Taco editor Daniel Hernandez.