Election 2012

What I Owe to Radical Feminism What I Owe to Radical Feminism

STUDENT WINNER: American women can’t afford the Republican rollback of rights our forebears fought so hard to win. 

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Tess Saperstein

Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election

STUDENT WINNER: The president needs to reassure middle-class American that he has and will continue to combat long-term unemployment.

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Andrew Giambrone

Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion

Lobbyists for mining companies and hundreds of other businesses are taking advantage of the Citizens United decision to pressure employees into voting Republican.

Oct 19, 2012 / Lee Fang

Lying Liars and the Communities Who Fight Back for their Right to Vote Lying Liars and the Communities Who Fight Back for their Right to Vote

Here’s what you need to know about the fight against voter suppression across the nation.

Oct 19, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch

Herman Cain’s Nationwide Worker Intimidation Tour Herman Cain’s Nationwide Worker Intimidation Tour

The former GOP presidential candidate has met with hundreds of business owners in swing states, urging them to influence their employees to vote Republican. 

Oct 19, 2012 / George Zornick

A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats

DOJ, Congress, state senators, election protection lawyers and civil rights advocates—all eyes are on True the Vote.

Oct 19, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman

Mark the name of R. Glenn Hubbard, the man who will make your life miserable if Mitt Romney is elected president.

Oct 19, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Won’t You Please Come to Ohio… Won’t You Please Come to Ohio…

To function in a post-truth political environment, the press needs a post-objectivity mindset.

Oct 19, 2012 / Eric Alterman

This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty

In the second presidential debate, Governor Romney used the word poverty without saying anything of substance about it. President Obama didn’t use the word at all but managed...

Oct 19, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

The Fiscal Cliff X-Factor: The Debt Ceiling The Fiscal Cliff X-Factor: The Debt Ceiling

If Republicans take the debt ceiling hostage again, it could hurt the administration’s leverage for the fiscal cliff. 

Oct 18, 2012 / George Zornick

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