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Barack Obama
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Biden to the Rescue
If the question is who did more to help his ticket, Joe Biden won the vice presidential debate by a mile.
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Biden Puts Ryan on the Defensive
After Thursday night's Vice Presidential debate, the Obama campaign might have gained the momentum lost in the lackluster bout between the main contenders.
BP Amnesia: Life and Death After the Spill
Environmentalists worry that collective amnesia, flawed energy policy and the hot pursuit of oil will fail to prevent another catastrophic spill.
Affirmative Action: A Tale of Two Supreme Courts
Brazil is giving meaning to the notion that fighting discrimination is a priority, assuring that education is a universal human right.
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43.4 = 30.9?
James Kwak explains how understanding the tax policies of each Presidential candidate is not simple matter of rounding up.
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Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Since the first Presidential debate left the American people more than wanting, here are some real issues that should be addressed by both candidates
Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?
Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com expose this startling and ominous account of drone warfare in
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William Rivers Pitt: Hey, Joe
For the moment, all eyes are focused on tonight's vice presidential debate in Kentucky.
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Sherrod Brown’s Lessons for Obama
E.J. Dionne Jr.: If anyone can testify to the problem of giving really rich people a chance to tilt the political playing field, it's Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown.
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“Class” Used to Be a Dirty Word: Elections Point to New Paradigm
The 2012 presidential race is shaping up as a new kind of political fight being fairly openly fought around the issue of class and inequality with racial overtones.