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Live! Minnesota Senate Debate: Michele Bachmann and Tarryl Clark in St. Cloud Live! Minnesota Senate Debate: Michele Bachmann and Tarryl Clark in St. Cloud

A live stream of Republican Representative Michele Bachmann and Democratic Farm Laborer Party's Tarryl Clark debating in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Oct 26, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy

Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy

In an election dominated by the outsized personalities of a few Tea Partiers, voters’ opportunities to engage in direct democracy—that is, to vote on ballot initiatives…

Oct 25, 2010 / The Nation

Ten Things You Can Ask Candidates Running for Office Ten Things You Can Ask Candidates Running for Office

Personal Democracy Forum's 10Questions enables voters not only to ask questions of candidates but also vote on whether candidates gave satisfactory answers. What do you want to ask...

Oct 25, 2010 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Richard Kim and John Nichols on Elections 2010

Nation Conversations: Richard Kim and John Nichols on Elections 2010 Nation Conversations: Richard Kim and John Nichols on Elections 2010

Are the Democrats cooked for 2010? Will the GOP continue it's rightward drift? Richard Kim and John Nichols explain, aboard the 2010 Nation Cruise.

Oct 20, 2010 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: The Future of Film Criticism Nation Conversations: The Future of Film Criticism

The Nation's Stuart Klawans recently joined David Sterrit of the National Society of Film Critics and Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly for a panel discussion moderated by...

Oct 18, 2010 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Ari Berman and Howard Dean on the Democratic Party Nation Conversations: Ari Berman and Howard Dean on the Democratic Party

Howard Dean joins Ari Berman to discuss Berman's new book and to examine how Democrats can amp up their base in the face of lagging enthusiasm and continuing partisan attacks.

Oct 14, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas

Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas

Montana’s GOP is also calling for the outlawing of homosexuality—supporting the arrest and incarceration of people whose only “crime” is their sexual orient…

Oct 13, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World

Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World Slide Show: 10/10/10 Events from Around the World

On Sunday, October 10, people at 7347 events in 188 countries celebrated 350.org‘s 10/10/10 Global Work Party by implementing small-scale climate solutions and urging governm…

Oct 11, 2010 / The Nation

Lou Dobbs’s Documents Problem Lou Dobbs’s Documents Problem

Without undocumented immigrants, just who would look after Lou Dobbs's properties?

Oct 7, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: November Races for Progressives to Watch

Slide Show: November Races for Progressives to Watch Slide Show: November Races for Progressives to Watch

Sharron Angle’s attempt to oust Nevada Senator Harry Reid is one of the tightest and ugliest races this year, complete with real-life brawling. Left-leaning voters are disapp…

Oct 7, 2010 / The Nation

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