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Women were not the only ones left out of the last presidential debate. Here's what the next moderator should ask.

Instead of addressing the real problems, Obama and Romney are focusing on deficit reduction. 

In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.

In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.

In the contest that comes after November, Obama will be on the wrong team.

The reverend sat down with The Nation to talk about his humanitarian trip to Africa and poverty in America.

Five key topics you won't hear discussed in Wednesday's debate. 

Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political. 

Bill Clinton bears as much responsibility as any politician for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.