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Politics 2012: Super year for Super PACs
By NICOLE DEBEVEC United Press International Millions and millions and millions of dollars are flowing into campaigns at the state and national levels as the U.S. elections sweepstakes rolls toward November.

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:36:31 -0700

Politics and activism take center stage at Cannes
One doesn’t usually associate the Cannes Film Festival with politics and activism, but both were in the rainy air on Friday, when news hit the trade publications that Harvey Weinstein had acquired the documentary “The Oath of Tobruk,” French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy’s film about the fall of Muammar Qadaffi, as well as “Code Name Geronimo,” action filmmaker John Stockwell’s dramatic feature ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:29:00 -0700

Politics then and now: Nehru, Ambedkar didn't object to cartoon
What is noteworthy about the cartoon row is that neither Jawaharlal Nehru nor B.R. Ambedkar found anything objectionable about it when it was published in 1949. Nor did all the politicians in the intervening decades, among whom were luminaries such as Vallabhbhai Patel, J.B. Kripalani, Ram Manohar lohia, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Jagjivan Ram, A.K. Gopalan, Hiren Mukherjee and scores of ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:50:00 -0700

Politics live: readers' edition - Friday 18 May
Share your views, links and ideas about this week's political news and join the discussion I'm not writing my Politics Live blog today but, as an alternative, here's Politics Live: the readers' edition. It's intended to be a place where you can catch up with the latest news and find links to good politics blogs and articles on the web. Please feel free to use this as somewhere you can comment on ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:01:44 -0700

Greek politics, Spain banks test eurozone survival
Chaos in Greek politics and Spanish banking combined this week to underscore just how fragile Europe's economy remains after an eviscerating austerity regime that has spawned unemployment, desperation and misery. And there is no respite in sight, as Germany's finance minister predicted Friday that the crisis could last up to another two years.

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:49:32 -0700