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As Election Day Looms, Voter ID Law Critics Seek Out the Unregistered
Even as many Americans feel their votes don't count, powerful forces are fighting to make sure they can't vote at all.
Tough Talk for America: A Guide to the Presidential Debates You Won’t Hear
Hereu2019s a brief guide to what you wonu2019t hear this Wednesday or in the other presidential and vice-presidential debates later in the month. Think of these as five …
Election Countdown 2012: #Occupy Arrests From October 2011 Ruled Unconstitutional, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Associate Judge Thomas Donnelly ruled the October 2011 arrests were unconstitutional because the city routinely chooses not to enforce the curfew for events the …
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Deluded by “Skewed” Polls
Conservatives are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing Obama with a lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by the Liberal Mainstream Media.
Bill Moyers: Election Expert Richard Hasen on Voter Fraud and Disenfranchisement
Lauren Feeney interviews Richard Hasen on his new book which chronicles the partisan battles over election rules from the 2000 Florida recount to the present.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Julian Assange Addressed the UN on Wednesday, and More
In today's On the News segment: Commonwealth court judge Robert Simpson will hear arguments on Pennsylvania's controversial Voter Suppression ID law, the mask is slipping off the National Federation …
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After Making a Mess of Iraq, Bush Advisers Join Team Romney
Paul Krugman: What does it say about Mr. Romney that heu2019s relying on this crew?
The Rain on Our Parade: A Letter to My Dismal Allies
Rebecca Solnit: I have a grand goal, and that is to counter the Republican right with its deep desire to annihilate everything I love and to move toward far …
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Repackaging Mitt as a Compassionate Conservative? It’s Too Late
Mitt Romney may be showing his sensitive side on his tour through Ohio, but the American people cannot forget what the real Romney says when no one is looking.
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A Crucible of Political Disenchantment: “Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul”
Phil Rockstroh discusses how our society, detached from itself, is lost in a “Weltschmerz,” meaning a world of pain.