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Romney still invisible to blacks, despite Obama's weak debatePresident Barack Obama's first debate performance was widely panned as listless by pundits and polls, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won no points from African American viewers at a Boston NAACP debate watch party last week. More » |
Risk of disenfranchisement in states high for ex-felonsWalter Lomax can still remember the day he cast his first vote in an election after serving 40 years, wrongly convicted, in a Maryland prison. More » |
Debate exposed divide between health plansWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week's presidential debate included an extensive discussion about Medicare's future, mostly about the Romney-Ryan plan to privatize and likely end Medicare as we know it. More » |
Father honors daughter's life, struggles in new bookBefore Lauren Terrazzano learned she had cancer at age 36, she told her father that her life goals as a journalist included winning a Pulitzer Prize and writing a book. More » |