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Video Your Vote Video Your Vote

YouTube and PBS are offering a prominent platform for citizens to police the election process on November 4.

Oct 21, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Video Your Vote Video Your Vote

Two weeks from today, the longest, most historic, and, perhaps, most critical presidential campaign in recent US history, will finally (we hope!) come to a conclusion as a record ...

Oct 21, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

The Real Truth About ACORN The Real Truth About ACORN

In recent weeks, the McCain campaign has been claiming ACORN knowingly participated in 'voter fraud.' In reality, this is a calculated attempt by the GOP to suppress the vote.

Oct 21, 2008 / Brave New Films

A Lesson for the Next President A Lesson for the Next President

Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?

Oct 21, 2008 / Feature / Demitrious Sinor

Report From the Socialist International Conspiracy Report From the Socialist International Conspiracy

Our operatives on Wall Street were doing a good job bringing down capitalism one hedge fund at a time. But then Goldman Sachs staged a counter-coup.

Oct 21, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk? Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk?

Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.

Oct 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Jon Stewart Slams Palin’s ‘Real America’ Remark Jon Stewart Slams Palin’s ‘Real America’ Remark

Jon Stewart rips Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign's suggestion that only certain parts of the country are 'pro-American.'

Oct 21, 2008 / The Daily Show

Olbermann’s Special Comment on ‘Real America’, Palin, Bachmann Olbermann’s Special Comment on ‘Real America’, Palin, Bachmann

Keith Olbermann criticizes the McCain campaign and other Republicans, like Michele Bachmann, for their use of divisive politics during the campaign.

Oct 21, 2008 / Countdown

US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again

So far, at least, the only political bloc in Iraq to support the US-Iraq agreement that would allow the continuation of the American occupation are the Kurds. It doesn't look like...

Oct 21, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss

Wall Street Meltdown 101 Wall Street Meltdown 101

Naomi Klein, William Greider, Frances Fox Piven and others explain the financial crisis in a recent emergency town hall meeting in New York City.

Oct 21, 2008 / Nation Audio

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