MiamiHerald.com: Joy-Ann Reid

IRS probe should be wide-ranging

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:24 EDT

Allow me to agree with Republicans and members of the media who are up in arms over revelations that low level staffers of the Internal Revenue Service took a shortcut in cutting through the flood of applications for 501(c)4 status starting in 2010. The IRS has admitted the staffers inappropriately flagged applicants with “tea party,” “patriots” or “9/12” (presumably, for Glenn Beck’s “9/12 Movement”) in their names for extra scrutiny.

New America held hostage by Old America

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:17 EDT

There have been so many essays written dissecting the state of conservatism, the notion that it is in decline has become cliché. But decline doesn’t mean disappearance.

Gun zealots winning in Congress despite national outcry for gun control

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:56 EDT

With so many failures to its credit, it is no longer sufficient to say Congress is “broken.” It is on the brink of utter uselessness.

Marco Rubio’s political calculations on immigration

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:00 EDT

It’s getting hard to read which way Marco Rubio is blowing on immigration reform lately.

Crist may be best Democrat against Scott

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:44 EDT

So it has begun.

Is Jeb Bush running for president?

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:15 EST

The newest parlor game in Washington media and political circles is called: “What’s Jeb Up To?” The sudden rash of TV appearances, the new book, and most notably, the about-face on immigration reform — all raise the irresistible proposition that John Ellis Bush is running for president.