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The Way We Forget
This country of ours has a monstrous capacity to forget. We are able to forget - if we ever knew - what happened two hundred years ago, one hundred …
A Rape in Colorado
We have endured, to date, one of the most shallow and contemptible campaign seasons in modern political history. The main storylines of the 2010 midterm season have centered around …
Jim Hightower | Bleeding in Afghanistan
Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We've been fighting, bleeding and dying in two hellacious, multitrillion-dollar conflagrations since 2001 — and …
Brazilian Election: A First-Round Setback for Lula’s Protégé
Round One: Favorite Falls Just Short of the Line
New Poll Shows California Tilting Against Legalized Marijuana
Los Angeles - As the nation’s first state vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use nears, a new poll has introduced fresh uncertainty into the race.
DC Internet Vote Scheme Hacker: “Within 36 Hours We Had Total Control of Server, Ability to Change Votes, Reveal Secret Ballot“
As we posited in our coverage yesterday of DC's Internet Voting scheme which was hacked with the University of Michigan fight song, J. Alex Halderman, asst. professor of electronic …
Brazil Election: Lula’s Legacy Set to Propel Dilma Rousseff to Victory
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilians face an unfamiliar ballot today when they enter polling booths to elect a new president. For the first time since the end of the …
Iraq: The Age of Darkness
Part I: “Success,” A Devastating Balance Sheet In the immediate aftermath of the 2003 invasion, the triumphalist verdict of the mainstream media was that the war had been won; …
Voter Beware, Concentrated Corporate Power Is Creating Deceptive Elections
The Republican Party is being replaced with secret donors and unlimited donations as concentrated corporate interests spend hundreds of millions in the midterm elections.
Hugo Chavez’s Upcoming Test: A Preview of Venezuela’s September 26 Elections
Venezuelan politics have become increasingly polarized during President Hugo Chávez’s twelve years in office. The upcoming National Assembly elections are no exception, especially as the results are expected to …