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Presidential Debates Reflect All That Is Wrong With Dominant Media
The shallowness of the debates is designed to serve the financial interests of Big Media and its wealthy patrons.
Democratic Debates Were Depth-Free. Will Future Rounds Be Better?
Many of the candidates were jockeying for prominence in promoting Bernie Sanders’s ideas.
Mike Gravel Is Running for President — But He Doesn’t Want to Win
The 88-year-old ex-senator was recruited by teenage democratic socialists to push Democratic candidates to the left.
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2016: A Bad Year for Democracy, but “Best Ever” for Big Media
The fact that the Trump campaign made 2016 "the best year in the history of cable news" should scare Americans.
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.
From Palestine to Black Lives Matter: Alicia Garza and Phyllis Bennis on Issues Ignored at the Debates
Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia Garza discusses what the major-party candidates should have addressed in their debate.
In Warmest Year Ever, Climate Change Ignored Again at Debate
The presidential and vice-presidential debates have concluded without a single question about climate change.
A Socialist Crashes the Presidential Debate
In this expanded debate, fictional socialist Sydney Solidarity squares off against the twin candidates of the ruling rich.
William Rivers Pitt | Debate #2: Breaking the Bottom of the Barrel
Last night, we all lost.
Expanding the Presidential Debate: Jill Stein “Debates” Clinton and Trump
Jill Stein responds to the same questions posed to Trump and Clinton.