Politics

We Can’t Trust the Government We Can’t Trust the Government

STUDENT FINALIST: The most important issue of the 2012 Elections is renewing public trust in government to reinvigorate small businesses and self-employed people

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Kristy Hong

What a Difference Other Candidates Make What a Difference Other Candidates Make

Thanks to Democracy Now!, Jill Stein of the Green Party and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party have been able to take part in three virtually expanded debates.

Oct 23, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Conservative Media Ignore GOP Voter Registration Fraud Conservative Media Ignore GOP Voter Registration Fraud

The most high-profile instances of election fraud this cycle have been committed by Republicans in states with new voting restrictions.

Oct 23, 2012 / Ari Berman

Selling the Supreme Court Selling the Supreme Court

STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election. 

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Alex Ritter

A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All

STUDENT FINALIST: What is really at stake this November is nothing less than the existence of an American republic.

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Guido Girgenti

The End Is Near The End Is Near

The good news: the campaign circus ends in two weeks. 

Oct 23, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow

The Supersizing of American Politics The Supersizing of American Politics

Billion-dollar budgets and 24/7 media coverage raise the question: how big can one election get? 

Oct 23, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates

Fifteen million Americans are underwater on their mortgage payments, yet the presidential debates lacked a discussion about the housing crisis.

Oct 23, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney

The Republcan nominee stumbled again and again in last night's foreign-policy debate, before finally agreeing with Obama on almost everything.

Oct 23, 2012 / John Nichols

Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates

Why aren’t the candidates asked about corruption or the influence of big money? Maybe it’s because the men running the debates are lobbyists. 

Oct 22, 2012 / Lee Fang

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