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William Rivers Pitt: When the President Comes to Town
By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed
Auction 2012: Two-Party Oligarchy Vs. the People
By AmpedStatus, SpeakOut | Video
Letter for President Obama, for the Second Debate
By Lee R. Haven, SpeakOut | Opinion
Five Points Obama Must Address Tonight
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog | Op-Ed
Obama's Task Tuesday Night
By Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post Writers Group | Op-Ed
Campaigns Mine Personal Data to Get Out Vote
By Charles Duhigg, The New York Times News Service | Report![]()
BP Amnesia: Life and Death After the Spill
By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | News Analysis![]()
Affirmative Action: A Tale of Two Supreme Courts
By Danny Weil, Truthout | News Analysis
Sherrod Brown's Lessons for Obama
By E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post Writers Group | Op-Ed
"Class" Used to Be a Dirty Word: Elections Point to New Paradigm
By Roger Baker, The Rag Blog | Op-Ed
Robert Reich: The Politics of Fear and the Party of Non-Voters
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog | Op-Ed
Plutocrat Attack
By Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World | Cartoon
Delusion and Negligence: The Two-Party System in the US
By PL Thomas, The Daily Censored | Op-Ed
Reflections on "Columbus" Day
By Johnny Barber, Truthout | Op-Ed
Social Security: President Obama's Biggest Failure in Last Week's Debate
By Dean Baker, Truthout | Op-Ed
Best Line of the Debate
By Dave Johnson, Our Future | Op-Ed
Romney v. Obama: The Debate That Wasn’t
By Walter Brasch, SpeakOut | SpeakOut![]()
Noam Chomsky: Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid
By Noam Chomsky, Truthout | Op-Ed![]()
A Repeat of the 2000 Election Crisis Would Be a Disaster for American Democracy
By Charles M Smith, Truthout | Op-Ed
The Debate: A Masterful Liar Defeats a Man Without Conviction
By Paul Jay, The Real News Network | Report![]()
The Media Can Now Get the Electoral Horse Race It Wants
By Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism | Report![]()
At Last Night’s Debate: Romney Told 27 Myths In 38 Minutes
By Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress | Report![]()
A Presidential Campaign With No Plan B
By Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co. | Op-Ed![]()
Three Ways Romney Can Still Win the Election
By Art Levine, Truthout | Report![]()
The Real Romney Emerges
By Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co. | Op-Ed
Romney Debates
By Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press | Political Cartoon
Tough Talk for America: A Guide to the Presidential Debates You Won’t Hear
By Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch | News Analysis![]()