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Virginia: The New Florida?

Posted on Nov 4, 2008, Source: TheNation.com

Some key Obama strongholds are close to a standstill as record numbers of voters cast their ballots.

How Safe Is This Election?

Posted on Oct 24, 2008, Source: The Nation

The GOP attack machine isn't dead yet, but the wheels have started coming off.

The Bush League: How The GOP Rolled Back Federal Voting Rights Enforcement

Posted on Oct 3, 2008, Source: The Nation

The Bush Administration's strategy on voting rights was to reverse the civil rights movement's gains.

California Cities Vote on Smoking Ban in Apartments

Posted on Oct 5, 2007, Source: The Independent UK

Why the new measures have even some anti-smoking activists alarmed.

Bush's Bid for a Death Penalty Fast Track

Posted on Aug 22, 2007, Source: The Independent UK

A look at the White House's plans to cut death row inmates' right of appeal.

Wolfowitz Tried to Censor World Bank on Climate Change

Posted on Aug 14, 2007, Source: Independent UK

What are the effects of the Bush administration's systematic thwarting of efforts to fight climate change?

Karl Rove Re-Aligned

Posted on Nov 9, 2006, Source: Huffington Post

Karl Rove's dream of ushering in a generation of Republican rule is officially dead. What now?

Ohio's Coming Electoral Meltdown

Posted on Jul 21, 2006, Source: The Nation

Ohio is once again the most likely candidate for another election debacle in the November general elections.

The Unsolved Mystery of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Posted on Feb 28, 2006, Source: Truthdig

Thanks to the efforts of a handful of dogged investigators, the FBI's own paperwork is beginning to seriously contradict the official version of the attack. And more is being revealed all the time.

Excerpt: How to Steal an Election

Posted on Feb 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Americans cling to an idealized image of our political integrity, but a look at how we run our elections tells a very different tale.

DIY Disaster Relief

Posted on Oct 20, 2005, Source: LA CityBeat

The government has proven it has no plan for disaster relief -- not in Louisiana, not in L.A. or New York, not anywhere.

A Country on the Verge of an Electoral Meltdown

Posted on Oct 28, 2004, Source: The Independent UK

Voting machines have already begun to break down, accusations of systematic voter suppression and fraud are rampant, and thousands of lawyers have flocked to court to cry foul in half a dozen states.

Something Rotten in the State of Florida

Posted on Oct 2, 2004, Source: The Independent UK

Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the 2000 election was a fiasco in the Sunshine State. You'd think they'd want to get it right this time – but the democratic process is more flawed than ever.

Michael Moore's an Angry Man, Again

Posted on May 6, 2004, Source: The Independent UK

Is Michael Moore truly a victim of corporate muzzling, or is he deliberately creating a controversy where little or none exists to generate publicity for his film?
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