Nov 05 One Texas School’s Long Walk of Political Engagement By Elizabeth Summers Photo courtesy Ken Basart Picture this: More than 1,000 African-Americans marching in unison for over seven miles. "A voter-less people is a powerless people," they chant, holding banners… Continue reading
Nov 02 Shields and Brooks: Watching Indiana’s Senate Race, Bobblehead Forecasts By Christina Bellantoni Mark Shields and David Brooks met up Friday in the NewsHour newsroom for a final pre-election Doubleheader. I filled in for Hari Sreenivasan, who is hosting the PBS election special, "What's at Stake," which airs at… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Shields and Brooks on Latino Voters, Last-Minute Election Factors Shields and Brooks on How the 2012 Election Looks a Whole Lot Like 2004… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Immigration Is Hot Topic in Iowa, Overlooked by Presidential Campaigns Immigration Is Hot Topic in Iowa, Overlooked by Presidential Campaigns… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President… Continue watching
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 Campaigns Prepare to Spin Mostly Positive Jobs Report By Terence Burlij President Obama takes the stage Thursday for a campaign rally in Boulder, Colo. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The economic mood of the country is pretty well set heading into Election Day, but Friday's Labor Department report showing a… 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