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Election Countdown 2012: Occupiers Have to Figure Out How to Defend Themselves as Anniversary Celebrations Continue, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Occupiers have to figure out how to defend themselves as #S17 celebrations continue in New York; Rahm Emanuel accused the Chicago Teachers Union …
Could Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Help Romney Win Race? Up to 1 Million Voters Face Disenfranchisement
At least one Republican politician, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, has already boasted that the new voter ID law will help Mitt Romney win the state.
Dude, How Come There is No Door Number Three?
Occupy the Debates prepares you for the upcoming Presidential Debates.
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Five Issues This Election Should Be About, and One to Drop
Cutting through the campaign rhetoric and attack ads, here are five issues Yes! believe should be at the center of the 2012 election
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Paul Weyrich’s Troika Reunited: ALEC Partners with Republican Study Committee at Heritage Foundation
Controversy is arising as Republican leaders attempt to connect a trifecta of right wing organizations established by conservative activist Paul Weyrich.
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Let’s Outgrow the Infantile Disorders Evident in Occupy the DNC
With the one year anniversary of the #Occupy movement just around the corner, DC based activist Joel Northam gives a critique of the movement during both National Conventions.
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Apology for Akin: Why He Is Only Saying What Republicans Are Thinking
When it comes to the GOP and the controversy surrounding
What Voting Can Look Like
In Canada, they use hand-marked paper ballots, hand counted in public. Among other things, that process means that we can actually be sure who won.
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A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles
In the last few weeks, nearly a dozen federal and state court decisions on early voting, provisional ballots and voter ID requirements have driven the rules in conflicting directions, …
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No Papers, No Fear: Undocumented Immigrant Activists Arrested Outside DNC
An immigrants rights campaign is traveling the U.S. by bus to bring awareness to the terror undocumented people live with daily.