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The Electoral Storm The Electoral Storm

The plot twists of this election are near mythic.

Nov 4, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Eleventh-Hour GOP Voter Suppression Could Swing Ohio

Eleventh-Hour GOP Voter Suppression Could Swing Ohio Eleventh-Hour GOP Voter Suppression Could Swing Ohio

A last-minute directive by the Ohio Secretary of State could discard thousands of provisional ballots, delay the election, and hand the Buckeye State to Mitt Romney.

Nov 4, 2012 / Ari Berman

Exclusive: More Fossil Fuel Companies Pressure Workers to Vote GOP Exclusive: More Fossil Fuel Companies Pressure Workers to Vote GOP

Letters obtained by The Nation show that companies involved in the oil, gas and coal industries are increasingly pushing workers to vote Republican. 

Nov 4, 2012 / Lee Fang and Mike Elk

What If You Had No Voice? What If You Had No Voice?

Exercising your right to vote may not get us where we want to go but it is nonetheless one of the most important ways that you, as a citizen, get to express your opinions in our de...

Nov 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Jason Mark

Generation Vote Generation Vote

This I Vote video features young people making the case to their peers about the importance of voting this Tuesday.

Nov 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

This Week: Sandy’s Devastation. Plus: Election Week Coverage This Week: Sandy’s Devastation. Plus: Election Week Coverage

Hurricane Sandy, election week coverage, and Voting Rights Watch 2012.

Nov 3, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Look on the Bright Side! Look on the Bright Side!

If Mitt Romney wins, the upside will be that I get to be taxed at the same rate he has enjoyed as one of the nation's most skillful hedge fund hustlers.

Nov 3, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Is There an Antidote to Paul Ryan’s Arrogance? Meet Rob Zerban Is There an Antidote to Paul Ryan’s Arrogance? Meet Rob Zerban

Paul Ryan’s not just running for vice president. He’s running against a smart, serious progressive for his US House seat. Unfortunately, Ryan won’t debate his cha...

Nov 3, 2012 / John Nichols

Comments of the Week: Our Readers on Hurricane Sandy

Comments of the Week: Our Readers on Hurricane Sandy Comments of the Week: Our Readers on Hurricane Sandy

Our readers share their thoughts on the destructive hurricane that hit the Northeast. 

Nov 2, 2012 / Sarah Arnold

Wesleyan To End Need-Blind Admissions Wesleyan To End Need-Blind Admissions

Some see need-blind admission as a symbolic commitment to nondiscriminatory admissions policy, while others see it as a meaningless label that universities can trumpet while still ...

Nov 2, 2012 / StudentNation / Sydney Smith

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