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Two Republicans Arrested for Attempted Double Voting Just “Testing” the System, They Say
The year of rampant GOP election and voter fraud continues.
Five Race and Gender Justice Lessons Learned from This Marathon Election Cycle
Its important for us to reflect on what we've learned along the margins of this everlasting campaign.
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I’m Black and I Want More “Stuff” and “Things”: An Open Letter to Bill O’Reilly
On election night, as it became increasingly clear that Mitt Romney was going to lose the election to Barack Obama, I watched Fox News host Megyn Kelly ask you, …
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The Deeper Lessons of the U.S. Presidential Election
So for a while the political placards will no longer litter our streets and lawns. The commercials on TV and radio will for awhile be devoid of political commercial …
Solving the Six-Billion Dollar Problem
Nick Nyhart, co-founder, President and CEO of Public Campaign, discusses the potential solutions to the $6 billion dollar problem.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Occupy Forgives $14K of Debt Using $500, and More
Two hundred misdemeanor cases have already been dismissed in Washington state since passage of its new law legalizing marijuana, and more.
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An Election Protection Agenda for 2016
The must-do list emerging from the 2012 election includes hand-counted paper ballots and automatic voter registration, among other imperatives.
Did Big Money Really Lose This Election? Hardly
After the most money-drenched elections in history — with close to $6 billion spent on the 2012 presidential and Congressional races alone, by one estimate — big donors and …
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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