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Last Day to Register Last Day to Register

Today is the last day to register to vote in November’s elections in seventeen states including key swing states Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Oct 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

The Chiefs’ Eric Winston Goes Off on Fans Who Cheered an Injury The Chiefs’ Eric Winston Goes Off on Fans Who Cheered an Injury

The KC Chiefs offensive lineman says to fans, “We’re not gladiators. This is not the Roman Coliseum.”

Oct 9, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Gay Baiting Gore Vidal: Politics in 1960 Gay Baiting Gore Vidal: Politics in 1960

During his Congressional run in 1960, the late writer and Nation contributor fired back at a less-than-friendly newspaper publisher.

Oct 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy

On Monday, Mitt Romney contradicted his own stated positions on foreign policy issues. That’s because he cares only about politices, not policy.

Oct 8, 2012 / Ben Adler

#TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney #TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney

In the first presidential debate, not a single question about poverty and neither candidate showed the slightest inclination to talk about it either.

Oct 8, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

The Smartest—or Dumbest—Tweet an Athlete Ever Sent The Smartest—or Dumbest—Tweet an Athlete Ever Sent

“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”

Oct 8, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security

Do vague statements on Social Security now set the stage for “grand compromises” in the future?

Oct 8, 2012 / John Nichols

Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike

Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.

Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird

Mitt Romney has never been a champion of the Little Guy but in the first Presidential debate last week the former Massachusetts governor showed his true colors.

Oct 8, 2012 / Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism

As mood music, Miliband’s invocation of “One Nation Labour” is already a hit.

Oct 8, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan

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