The Wisconsin Idea

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Issues that Obama and Romney Avoid

The presidential candidates aren't so keen on addressing the survival of humanity.

Noam Chomsky

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Two Little Missing Words

If now isn't the time for President Obama to have a real conversation about Social Security, when is?

David Sirota

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Welcome to Planet A-Hole

In case being a 7th-grade girl wasn't traumatic enough, now there's a '12-year-old sluts' Facebook page.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

California Walmart Store Workers Go Out on Historic Strike

David Moberg

9356 Lessons from the Presidential Debate

Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor

Appeals Court OKs Union Election for 10,000 American Airlines Workers

Mike Elk

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Obama: Forever Zung

Three (unsurprising) surprises from his first-debate zinging.

Theo Anderson

Viewpoint

Express Yourself, But Vote

This year's Democratic ticket may not be perfect, but, like life, it is much better than the alternative.

Joel Bleifuss

Live Blogging the Debate

Bhaskar Sunkara