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Election Countdown 2012: Chicago Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard Left Rochester After 90 Percent of Teachers Voted “No Confidence” in His Leadership, and More
Election roundup coverage for September 11, 2012. Election countdown leads with Chicago teachers strike.
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Which God?
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Leaving the GOP and Joining the Reality-Based Community: How I Learned to Stop Loving the Bombs
This is the story of how in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and later in Iraq, I discovered that what I believed to be the full spectrum of reality …
Election Countdown 2012: Florida Health Administrators Leave Sick and Disabled Children in Nursing Homes, and More
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: At This Year’s DNC, President Obama Offered Choice, Not Change
In today's On the News Segment: President Obama took the stage at the DNC on Thursday night and instead of talking about change - he talked about choice.
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Obama’s Gift to Progressives
Obama's acceptance speech offers progressives a gift they can't refuse, not matter how little we trust his promises.
Election Countdown 2012: The Tampa Bay Times Declares Obama’s DNC Speech “Surprisingly Predictable” and More
Both the Republican and Democratic Nation Conventions are over. Election Countdown has reactions from all around the country.
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A Tale of Two Conventions
From Tampa to Charlotte Republicans and Democrats have done their best to inspire the American people. It seems, however, that Obama supporters have won the challenge of enthusiasm.
Democracy: Is a Continent Too Big?
Is it really feasible - in systemic and foundational terms - to sustain equality, liberty, and democracy in a very large-scale, centrally governed continental system that spans almost three …