Allen Ginsberg: ‘The Ballad of the Skeletons’ Allen Ginsberg: ‘The Ballad of the Skeletons’
Listen to Ginsberg’s poem set to music with Paul McCartney, Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye.
Oct 23, 2012 / The Nation
Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
Oct 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Lip-Syncing Ladies Against Romney Lip-Syncing Ladies Against Romney
Sarah Sophie Flicker asked some of her fabulous female friends to do an impassioned lip-sync to Lesley Gore’s proto-feminist anthem, “You Don't Own Me,” creat...
Oct 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
How Obama Won—and Lost—the Debate How Obama Won—and Lost—the Debate
Saying that he agrees with Romney won’t win votes for Obama.
Oct 23, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
An Energy Solution Cannot Wait An Energy Solution Cannot Wait
STUDENT FINALIST: America is growing weak and gaining a poor reputation because it is unable to provide power for its technology.
Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Kathryn Davis
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