Shades of Candidates to Come
How can the American electorate be post-racial when even the shading of skin affects decision-making?
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Missing the Gain But Joining the Pain
Since the First World already mucked up the climate, animal nature dictates that developing economies are piqued at having to clean up.
I’d Like the Same Plan Better If It Was Bill Clinton’s
Trying to take the pulse of how much race matters, a study looking at prejudice and the president finds a persistent residue of racism in how health care reform is viewed.
Where Have All the Moderates Gone?
Although political participation is increasing, there's more evidence that the moderates have left the building.
Fill Out Your Census Form in Red or Blue Ink
So, the rather nerdy constitutional pursuit of counting everybody in the country once a decade has become a political issue like everything else.
The Peacemaker and the Pragmatist
Oscar Arias and Bill Clinton on the burning issues of Latin America, from unrest in Honduras to charcoal in Haiti.
Media Notice an Elephant in the Room
The media are belatedly acknowledging a racial subtext to many anti-Obama protests, thanks to what one scholar calls the 'drip' factor.
Reality Pricks Corn Ethanol’s Bubble
Cost and carbon have chopped down the high hopes America's Midwest had for growing the nation off climate-changing foreign oil.
Solving the World’s Problems With a Joystick
The people behind the burgeoning field of serious games aim both to get people to care about solving world problems while learning that all answers have their consequences.
‘Independent’ Voters Are Generally Not
They are prized by pollsters, but are smaller in number and less influential than most think.