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SUNY Chancellor: Sharing is Saving SUNY Chancellor: Sharing is Saving

 Student activists react to Chancellor Nancy Zimpher's much-lauded new SUNY procurement program.

Oct 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Roberto Cruz

Palestinian Soccer Player Mahmoud Sarsak Won’t Play FC Barcelona’s Game Palestinian Soccer Player Mahmoud Sarsak Won’t Play FC Barcelona’s Game

The once-imprisoned Sarsak is protesting the presence of a former Israeli Defense Forces soldier at the game.

Oct 1, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Brentin Mock: Florida Is the Felon Disenfranchisement Capital of the Nation Brentin Mock: Florida Is the Felon Disenfranchisement Capital of the Nation

As many as one-in-four African-Americans will be affected by laws barring ex-felons from voting in the state.

Oct 1, 2012 / Press Room

Tough Talk for America: A Guide to the Presidential Debates Tough Talk for America: A Guide to the Presidential Debates

Five key topics you won't hear discussed in Wednesday's debate. 

Oct 1, 2012 / Mattea Kramer

A Recent History of GOP Voter Suppression in Florida A Recent History of GOP Voter Suppression in Florida

Republican voter suppression efforts in Florida have been far more destructive than handing in a few hundred fraudulent voter registration forms.

Oct 1, 2012 / Ari Berman

Settler Colleges in Arizona and Palestine Settler Colleges in Arizona and Palestine

This summer, while a college in one of Israel’s largest US-funded colonies illegally built on Palestinian lands was upgraded to the status of public university, Arizona celeb...

Oct 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone

Romney Is Falling Victim to the Republican Bubble Trap Romney Is Falling Victim to the Republican Bubble Trap

Obama is leading nearly every poll, yet the conservative media continue trying to deny or discredit this fact. 

Oct 1, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Remembering Barry Commoner Remembering Barry Commoner

Called the “Paul Revere of ecology,” Barry Commoner followed Rachel Carson as America’s most prominent modern environmentalist. 

Oct 1, 2012 / Peter Dreier

Romney Fans Middle East Fears in ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Romney Fans Middle East Fears in ‘The Wall Street Journal’

Romney uses scaremongering language to rally xenophobic voters and conservative Jews.

Oct 1, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Occupy DC Plans to Protest on K Street for First Anniversary Occupy DC Plans to Protest on K Street for First Anniversary

Also, an Illinois judge rules the mass arrest of Occupy Chicago protesters is unconstitutional.

Oct 1, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

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