#TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney #TalkPoverty: After the Debate, More Questions from Families for Obama and Romney
In the first presidential debate, not a single question about poverty and neither candidate showed the slightest inclination to talk about it either.
Oct 8, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Are True the Vote’s Poll Watching Activities Illegal? Are True the Vote’s Poll Watching Activities Illegal?
Representative Elijah Cummings and law experts say if they are targeting people of color, a court could find True the Vote operations unlawful.
Oct 8, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
The Smartest—or Dumbest—Tweet an Athlete Ever Sent The Smartest—or Dumbest—Tweet an Athlete Ever Sent
“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”
Oct 8, 2012 / Dave Zirin
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Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F**king Mutt’ [VIDEO] Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F**king Mutt’ [VIDEO]
A recording of a stop-and-frisk in action shows the racist reality of a prevalent police practice in New York City.
Oct 8, 2012 / Ross Tuttle and Quinn Rose Schneider
Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security
Do vague statements on Social Security now set the stage for “grand compromises” in the future?
Oct 8, 2012 / John Nichols
Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike
Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.
Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird Mitt Romney Declares War on Big Bird
Mitt Romney has never been a champion of the Little Guy but in the first Presidential debate last week the former Massachusetts governor showed his true colors.
Oct 8, 2012 / Timothy Patrick McCarthy
Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism
As mood music, Miliband’s invocation of “One Nation Labour” is already a hit.
Oct 8, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
Why Mitt Likes to Say ‘I Like’ Why Mitt Likes to Say ‘I Like’
Since Romney claims to like so many things—grits, firing people, lakes, Big Bird—you have to wonder what he’s really saying.
Oct 7, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Political Puzzling Political Puzzling
Crosswords as a bully pulpit
Oct 6, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto