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So, What Now? Five Racial Justice Thinkers Make Sense of the Election
There was less swagger, but arguably more urgency as millions of people headed to the polls this week to re-elect President Barack Obama.
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Sandy Trumps Romney’s Climate Joke
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Liberals and Progressives Happy but Not Elated About Obama’s Re-Election
Rabbi Michael Lerner offers three steps to the kind of world he says most Americans yearn for: one based on generosity, caring for each other and the environment, respecting …
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Over 400,000 Votes Yet to Be Counted in Maricopa County
Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio's re-election legitimate?
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Indian Country Looks Forward With Optimism After Record Turnout Beats Voter ID, Other Barriers
Minnesota's most heavily Native American precincts more decisively rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have required photo ID to vote than did precincts with fewer Native voters.
People for the American Way (PFAW) and the Latino Vote
While the Latino vote was crucial to the election, many Republican pundits undervalued the demographic claiming that they would not turn out in high numbers.
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Move to Amend Wins Big at the Ballot Box: Americans Fed Up with Big Money and Undue Corporate Influence
From Massachusetts to Oregon, Colorado to Illinois and Wisconsin, and Ohio to California, citizens throughout the country voted overwhelmingly yesterday for their legislators to pass a constitutional amendment to …
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Millions of Voters Demand Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Voters from red Montana, to blue Massachusetts and purple Colorado all agreed on one thing: Citizens United must go.
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A Binder Full of 20 Women Senators
The 113th Congress will have 20 female senators, the most ever in US history.
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What Liberals Expect From Obama
You would have lost the election but for your liberal base. For the second time in a row, we saved you. You gained traction in the long campaign only …