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How the GOP’s War on Voting Backfired
New voter restriction laws passed by Republicans this year aimed at keeping Obama's minority support away from the polls, but only became more of an incentive to vote.
GOP Senators to Congressional Research Service: Research? We Don’t Need No Stinking Research
New report from nonpartisan group Congressional Research Service which examines the relationship between top tax rates and economic outcomes was rejected by GOP senators for its issues with
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Big Money Breakdown: Why 2012 Is the Most Expensive Election Ever
The names of donors who bet billions on the presidential horse race may never be known.
Obama Reelected to Second Term: Truthout Live Blog Election Day 2012
BuzzFlash at Truthout Editor Mark Karlin and William Rivers Pitt blog the election.
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Ohio Secretary of State’s Office Admits Direct Reporting Function of Untested Election Software
As such, its potential illegality becomes all the more glaring.
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Democracy on the Ballot
What's left of American democracy is on the Nov. 6 ballot, with the Republicans hoping that a combination of voter suppression and attack ads bought by billionaires will secure …
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Why the Democrats and Media Deny Election Rigging
Questioning the fundamental integrity of our elections may be our right under the First Amendment, but in politics it's the equivalent of openly supporting the Constitutional right to burn …
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The Audacity of Fate, the Arrogance of Self-Deception and the Romney/Ryan Plan: “Let Them Eat Cat Food“
The stakes are too high to choose
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The Antidote to Ayn Rand
Rand's atavistic utopian fantasy celebrates the virtue of selfishness, while John Dewey's public-minded philosophy is open, progressively democratic and firmly grounded in reality.
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Map of Voter ID Laws Nationwide
Know the voter ID laws in your state before heading to the polls.