Elections
NYC council elections: some defeats, some historic victories
November 12, 2009New Yorkers elected a new city council November 3, with some remarkable, and contradictory, results.
Read moreThreats mount against populist Paraguay president
November 5, 2009Former bishop Fernando Lugo gained Paraguay's presidency in 2008 supported by a multifaceted coalition of popular forces.
Read moreMixed results in off-year election
November 5, 2009The bad news for Democrats early on election night, the loss of the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, was offset by the news in special congressional races.
Read moreSome folks are starting to panic
November 4, 2009Democratic defeats in Virginia and New Jersey reveal the destruction that the extended downturn is wreaking on workers' employment, and income, and stability.
Read moreCleveland council race features unique candidate
November 3, 2009CLEVELAND - Volunteers are going house to house in this hard-hit city's West Side, getting out the vote for a candidate who they believe will "shake things up" and bring change to a neighborhood pockmarked with...
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