The lead singer of Against Me! changes gender and challenges the male punk scene.
Patrick Caldwell
Patrick Caldwell is a writing fellow at The American Prospect.
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Reckless Romney
Today’s Ringside Seat: The candidate failed to follow tragedy-response protocol, and his campaign may suffer the consequences.
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Grading the Dems’ 2016 Arithmetic
Obama-Romney is still months away, but the up-and-coming Dems are already posturing for the next primary.
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Richard Shelby Can’t Make Up His Mind
The lead CFPB opponent wasn’t always against the idea of a single director.
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Poll Spells Trouble for Iowa Judge
Will another state supreme court justice fall victim to Bob Vander Plaats’s campaign?
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Ryan’s Speech Lays on the Charm, Drops the Plan
The GOP trotted out their golden boy for the whole country to meet on Wednesday night, but the vice-presidential pick’s oft-trumpeted wonkiness was nowhere to be found.
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Foreclosure Free-For-All
The CFPB is getting resistance from its allies on proposed mortgage policies.
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Climate Changes the GOP Convention
Today’s Ringside Seat: The GOP convention may be plagued by the very environmental factors they refuse to believe exist.
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Romney’s Race-Based Initiative
The GOP presidential candidate’s latest line of attacks against the president plays on stereotypes about the social-safety net.
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In Iowa, a Big To-Do over “I Do”
Can progressives stop conservatives from bringing down judges who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage?
