Ralph Nader

M. Shahid Alam: Obama and the Politics of Race

Obama and the Politics of Race by M. Shahid Alam ”Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.” I thought it would be cruel to write any sooner, when whites and blacks alike were so effusively celebrating...

Why is Barack Obama obsessed with reforming college football?

Barack Obama has revealed his first major policy initiative: college football reform. In Obama's first televised interview since winning the presidency, he explained what's wrong with the current system, in which computers help...

G-20 Does Nothing to Save the World Economy

By Kevin ZeeseOctober saw an increase in bankruptcies -- 108,595, an average of 4,936 every business day.President Bush hosted the G-20 summit –the official menu included fruitwood-smoked quail, thyme-roasted rack of lamb and...

A new New Deal for America

Obama must act boldly to rescue the American people. After the Depression and during the period of prosperity following World War II, the federal government established a social contract with the American people. In exchange...

We got conned again

If the change that President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America's wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama's choice of foreign and economic...

'I, Barack Hussein Obama...'

A cathartic moment, a sudden change of vista and a vision of hope -- the election of Barack Obama as the next US president was all these things, despite some ominous signs of things to come, writes Hamid Dabashi*

Ralph Nader

Fun Facts: ←Older revision Revision as of 23:17, 17 November 2008 Line 2: Line 2: {{election2008}} {{election2008}} - Can you believe it!? Ralph is running for President! OMGWTFBBQM8!!! Whoudda tahunk it? + Can you believe it!?...

United States presidential election, 2000

←Older revision Revision as of 22:59, 17 November 2008 Line 1: Line 1: - As is the custom with the Presidential election, which has been held once every four years since the birth of the [[Baby Jesus]], '''2000''' saw another...

Against the Machine: Being Human in the Era of the Electronic Mob

As I spend a large part of my day (as I have for the last 12 years) in front of a computer screen connected to the Internet, I wondered what I was going to learn about a book that examines the effect that this technology has...

Florida's election results get stamp of approval

BY BILL COTTERELL • FLORIDA TODAY CAPITAL BUREAU • November 17, 2008 TALLAHASSEE -- Secretary of State Kurt Browning happily proclaimed the ghosts of 2000 officially purged today, as the official elections canvassing board...

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