Nov 02 Health Care Workers Brace for New Cholera Outbreaks in Haiti By Fred de Sam Lazaro PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Sandy might have saved its fullest fury for America's mid-Atlantic coast, but its earlier blows in the Caribbean wreaked havoc in Haiti. Already struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Isaac in August,… Continue reading
Nov 02 Q&A: Mary Jo Bang’s Translation of ‘Inferno’ Offers a Fresh Taste of Hell By Arts Desk Mary Jo Bang's new translation of Dante's "Inferno is true to the moral and emotional intensity of the original, but she infuses the text with her own voice and modern allusions to Stephen Colbert and "Southpark."… Continue reading
Nov 02 Pull Up a Stool at a Battleground Cafe: Colorado Voters Open Up By David Pelcyger Brandy Bauer is co-owner of Fran's Cafe, where politics is on the menu. Photo by David Pelcyger. WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. || When Brandy Bauer talks about her regulars, she turns toward the U-shaped bar in the back of Fran's… Continue reading
Nov 02 Politicking from the Pulpit: Should Religious Leaders Endorse Candidates? EmbedVideo(4869, 514, 320); Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., is participating in his third Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a protest against an IRS law that forbids religious leaders from endorsing political candidates. Jackson has declared… Continue reading
Nov 02 Jobs Up, U-7 Down, Jack Welch Silent (Thus Far) A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images. At the risk of incurring Jack Welch's wrath, I am obliged… Continue reading
Nov 02 Gwen’s Take: Reading Between the Lines By Gwen Ifill The days tick down to a precious few, and partisans on both sides of the political divide are asking the same essential question: What's gonna happen? This question is posed to me at gas stations, in the supermarket, in airports… Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch Campaigns Push Last-Minute Pleas on Twitter, Track Voter Online Browsing History Campaigns Push Last-Minute Pleas on Twitter, Track Voter Online Browsing History… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch Democrat Has Competitive Chance to Win Open Senate Seat in Arizona Democrat Has Competitive Chance to Win Open Senate Seat in Arizona… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch Candidates, Spouses, Surrogates Stretch Out Across Seven States in Final Push Candidates, Spouses, Surrogates Stretch Out Across Seven States in Final Push… Continue watching
Nov 01 In Maine, Bath Salts Blamed for Rising Child Neglect State officials in Maine are blaming a sharp rise in the number of children entering state custody on bath salts, a dangerous class of synthetic drugs. An additional 200 children entered the state's foster care system due… Continue reading