Bryce Covert of the Roosevelt Institute and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review debate the gender wage gap.
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Chris Matthews Lashes Out Against Playing the Birther Card
On Morning Joe today, Chris Matthews gave quite the scolding to RNC chair Reince Priebus: “It is an embarrassment to your party to play that card…This stuff about getting rid of the work requirement for welfare is dishonest-everyone’s pointed out it’s dishonest…And you are playing that little ethnic card there. You can play your games […]
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Does a Fetus Have Moral Status?
Zack Beauchamp of ThinkProgress and Michael Brendan Dougherty of The American Conservative debate the moral philosophy of abortion.
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Who Doesn’t Like Life?
In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Patrick Caldwell, and Megan Carpentier of Raw Story discuss Todd Akin and the Republican Party’s increasingly draconian position on abortion and reproductive health. Links discussed include: Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant-Talking Points Memo A Canard That Will Not Die: ‘Legitimate […]
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Glorified Monkeys Who Like Shiny Things
On this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Patrick Caldwell, and Monica Potts discuss this week’s argument over Medicare, the things we can do well with collective action, and why this election is actually a profound fight over the scope and role of government. Links discussed include: Romney Is Stuck Between Two Terrible […]
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Do Voter ID Laws Disenfranchise the Poor?
Republicans have passed new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania and other states. Is this just a way to drive down Obama’s tally-as well as the Democratic vote in down-ticket races? Glenn Loury and Mark Kleiman debate.
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Romney Continues Medicare Attacks, Keeps Fact-Checkers Busy
In his new ad, “Long History”-one of several new ads revolving around swing-state hot topic Medicare-Mitt Romney says some…questionable things about Obama’s policies. Jamelle Bouie has more on this topic here.
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Is Marriage Equality the Civil Rights Movement of Our Age?
In this clip from bloggingheads.tv, The New Republic‘s Amy Sullivan debates National Review Online‘s Daniel Foster on whether the fight for marriage equality is the civil rights movement of the modern day.
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A Special Viewing Party
In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss Romney’s potential vice presidential picks, and the latest controversy around campaign ads. Links discussed include: Why Obama Would Love to Run Against Ryan-The American Prospect Why do conservatives want Paul Ryan to be vice president?-Washington Post How Romney’s Pick […]
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Romney Ad Accuses Obama of “War on Religion”
An ad released today by the Romney campaign declares that President Obama has “used his health care plan to declare war on religion.” Mitt Romney, says the ad, “believes that’s wrong.”
