The Prospect crowd-sources protests on Wall Street and in cities across the country today.
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The Death Penalty and Inadequate Counsel
As Dahlia Lithwick and Adam Liptak note, yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that caused even John Roberts and Samuel Alito to question a state’s behavior in a death-penalty case. Cory Maples, who was convicted of murder in Alabama, had the appeal of his death sentence denied because of a missed […]
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Americans Hate, Hate, Hate Everyone
Americans have never liked Congress, but today’s rankings — by way of The Washington Post and ABC News — show a titanic amount of anger and discontent with the legislative body. Just 14 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing — a rating lower than what it was before the 1994, 2006, […]
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On Loving Your Candidate
Now that we’ve gone through one politician after another Republicans thought would be just totally awesome and should run for president — Sarah Palin, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, and one (Rick Perry) who got in, then promptly showed he wasn’t so terrifically skilled after all — the question of the day has become, “What is […]
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Cleaning Up the Capitol
Lawrence Lessig wants to change the corrupt campaign-finance system. His solution, though, is wanting.
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Where Are All the Same-Sex Couples At?
Thanks to the tireless demographer Gary Gates of UCLA’s Williams Institute, NPR has an interactive map of where in the U.S., according to the census, the most same-sex couples live. (Or at least, where you can find same-sex couples who feel safe enough to tell the census that they’re together.) As you’d imagine, every state […]
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No, Herman Cain Probably Won’t Be the GOP Nominee
With the far right wing no longer satisfied by the spotlessness of Rick Perry’s conservative record, Herman Cain has begun to rise as an alternative for movement conservatives. He won a decisive first place at the Florida GOP’s straw poll two weeks ago, which was followed by a bump in his polls. One survey of […]
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Poor, Poor Rich People
Over at The Washington Post, Barbara Ehrenreich feels terrible, just terrible about the problems of the super-rich, who can’t dress the way they want to. She describes a New Yorker profile of Daphne Guinness … who is apparently best known for wearing clothes, which she draws from a wardrobe of 2,500 garments, 450 pairs of […]
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Rick Perry Doubles Down on Immigration
One of the things I found while in New Hampshire last week was the extent to which Texas Governor Rick Perry’s comments on immigration at the last debate alienated Republicans nationwide, including those in the Granite State, where Perry is trailing Romney by double-digits. “What he said at the debate, that we ought to pay […]
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Photo of the Day
Those three young women are, from left, Naomi Shah, Shree Bose, and Lauren Hodge, who despite excelling not at football or basketball but at science, got to meet President Obama yesterday. They’re the winners of the Google Science Fair, and yeah, their trophies are made of Lego blocks, which makes them the Awesomest Trophies Ever. […]
