Steven Rosenfeld covers democracy issues for AlterNet and is the author of Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting (AlterNet Books, 2008).
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Well, That Happened: Let’s Try to Start Figuring Out How
A look at the polls suggests race, region and low turnout played important roles.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
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Scott Walker Is a Dictator-In-Waiting
Scott Walker 101: Pick fights. Smear and scapegoat opponents. Punish the defeated. Escalate.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Labor
GOP Plan To Slash Social Security Thwarted
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
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‘Race Matters,’ Sotomayor Reminds Fellow Justices
The majority of Supreme Court justices seem to think prejudice will disappear if they say so.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
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Sore Losers
How bitter Republicans and their backers rammed through a union-destroying bill in Michigan.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
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