Politics and Elections

Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4th, 2008 in Chicago

From John McCain's Bottled Hot Water Collection, a series of videos highlighting some of the funniest and strangest go … [Read more]

A terrific reminder from Barack Obama about what this election is all about, from the bottom to the top

 View Obama's latest campaign video that captures his inspiration

 The day has arrived in which we vote for our future President. I wish everyone the best of luck at the polls hoping that the 2008 voting experience will be positive. … [Read more]

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Noam Chomsky: People should vote against McCain and for Obama - but without illusions

Zinn says real change will come when people take direct action to stop house foreclosures

Loser Taker All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008 is an indispensable anthology of writings covering the vast election fraud that has been perpetrated by the GOP—with the Democratic Party’s acquiescence—since 2000. Among the subjects treated here are: the myth of George Bush’s victory in Florida in 2000, and FOX News’s key role in propagating it; Senator Max Cleland’s dubious defeat in Georgia in 2002; Bush’s “re-election” in 2004, including evidence of systematic fraud outside of Ohio; startling evidence of fraud committed in the 2006 midterm elections, which the Democrats appear to have won by a far larger margin than officially reported; and, crucially, evidence that the Republicans will attempt to steal the presidential election in 2008. … [Read more]

Will the GOP's campaign to deter new voters and discard Democratic ballots determine the next president?

These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More than 80 percent of all residents are Hispanic, and one in four lives below the poverty line. On February 5th, the day of the Super Tuesday caucus, a school-bus driver named Paul Maez arrived at his local polling station to cast his ballot. To his surprise, Maez found that his name had vanished from the list of registered voters, thanks to a statewide effort to deter fraudulent voting. For Maez, the shock was especially acute: He is the supervisor of elections in Las Vegas. … [Read more]

A Political Glimpse from Ireland, meanwhile, posts this … [Read more]

As the US presidential campaign enters its final weeks, both the Republican and Democratic candidates are hitting the swing states.
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Just as in 2004, this year's presidential election is galvanizing the nation. How you vote in November is a very personal matter, but your choice can have professional repercussions. … [Read more]

Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses the process of acclimating the U.S. to the idea of an African-American President. … [Read more]

 As the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. … [Read more]

James Bamford exposed the existence of the top-secret National Security Agency in the bestselling The Puzzle Palace and continued to probe into its workings in his follow-up bestseller, … [Read more]