In Superstorm’s Wake, Concerns About Widespread Disenfranchisement in New Jersey In Superstorm’s Wake, Concerns About Widespread Disenfranchisement in New Jersey
County clerks are reporting inaccessible polling stations, damaged absentee ballots and mass confusion about where and how to vote on Tuesday.
Nov 5, 2012 / Michael Tracey
Ari Berman: Last-Ditch Efforts in the War on Voting Ari Berman: Last-Ditch Efforts in the War on Voting
Even the recent series of voting rights victories hasn't dissuaded final GOP attempts to keep people from the polls.
Nov 5, 2012 / Press Room
Tea Party Group Blocks Florida Voters, Stops Water Handouts at Polls Tea Party Group Blocks Florida Voters, Stops Water Handouts at Polls
A Tampa group has filed dozens of last-minute voter challenges, in a troubling indication of ramped up suppression efforts. Meanwhile, as record turnout forced long lines, poll wat...
Nov 5, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Delusions of Third-Party Candidates Delusions of Third-Party Candidates
The “Third Party Presidential Debate” demonstrates the foolishness of their reasons for running.
Nov 5, 2012 / Ben Adler
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Dark Money Drowns Out the Voice of the People Katrina vanden Heuvel: Dark Money Drowns Out the Voice of the People
“Social welfare groups” don’t have to disclose their donors, even though they’re giving millions to campaigns.
Nov 5, 2012 / Press Room
The Rise of 99Rise The Rise of 99Rise
A new youth group plans direct action to challenge the influence of money on politics.
Nov 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran? Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran?
The one key way in which Romney's foreign policy differs from Obama's.
Nov 5, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka
Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake
Despite the list of Obama's foreign policy failures, there's no question that Romney's cabinet of neconservative war hawks would be even worse.
Nov 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Vote for the ‘B Minus’: The Case for Obama Vote for the ‘B Minus’: The Case for Obama
A vote for Obama in a swing state is a no-brainer, because, on a host of issues, there is a vast partisan difference that should not be ignored.
Nov 5, 2012 / Robert Scheer
My Chat With Mayor Bloomberg My Chat With Mayor Bloomberg
Mayor Mike said he would bet 25 cents on Obama winning, but not 50.
Nov 5, 2012 / Katha Pollitt