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Beyond the Sound Bites: Election 2016
Our election coverage provides the context, history and investigative substance necessary to hold officials - and the system as a whole - accountable to democracy.
Polling Places in Police Stations? Why Civil Rights Groups Are Still Fighting for Voting Rights
Like too much of this campaign season, the debate over voting rights is steeped in partisan politics and racism.
William Rivers Pitt | Debate #3: Our Long National Nightmare Is Far From Over
This debate served to demonstrate just how far to the right the political dialogue in this country has tacked.
Trump’s Record: Decades of Sexual Attacks and Blaming the Victims
Why is the mainstream media content with Trump's broad denial of the multiple sexual assault allegations against him?
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William Rivers Pitt | How to Slow-Cook Trump Stew (American Style)
This recipe and many of its ingredients are highly toxic. Proceed with extreme caution.
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The Old Debt and Entitlement Charade
Those organizing the debate want to see Social Security and Medicare cut, so they are framing the topic in a way that cuts to these programs will seem like …
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William Rivers Pitt | Sodom, Gomorrah and Trump: The Evangelical Quandary
This is the chosen vessel of God?
Voting Is One Thing, but Let’s Not Let Partisan Loyalties Numb Us to Injustice
The downward spiral of the Democratic Party can only be stopped if we have a genuinely democratic multiparty system.
Trump and Pence Ride Tide of Anti-Abortion Lies
Abortion regret is an anti-choice myth that Republicans continue to push despite strong evidence to the contrary.
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I’m an Anarchist and I Vote
What does it mean for people on the left, who often don't believe in elections or the governments they empower, to engage in the electoral process on practical terms?
Trump and Trade: At Least Partially Right
The fact that Donald Trump also criticizes US trade policy cannot be an excuse to prevent this debate.