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Secret Debate Contract Reveals Obama/Romney Campaigns Excludes 3rd Parties, Control Topics

Democracy Now 
As President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney prepare for their second debate tonight at Hofstra University on Long Island, we speak with George Farah, author of "No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates." The debate will feature questions from the audience that have been pre-selected by moderator Candy Crowley of CNN -- a detail revealed when Time magazine published the contract secretly negotiated by the Obama and Romney campaigns and the Commission on Presidential Debates.

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Left of Black S3:E5 | Style Shifting with POTUS & Occupying the Music

Left of Black S3:E5 |   October 15, 2012
Style Shifting with POTUS & Occupying the Music Left of Black host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Stanford University Professor H. Samy Alim, co-author of, with legendary social linguist Geneva Smitherman, Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language and Race in the U.S. (Oxford University Press).  Later Neal is joined, also via Skype, by singer-songwriter Alison Crockett, whose latest recording Mommy, What’s a Depression? and blog Diva Against Insanity hark back to the socially transformative music of the 1960s.
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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.
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Candidate$ For $ale: Jasiri X feat Invincible & Rhymefest

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Download "Candidates For Sale" for free at http://jasirix.bandcamp.com/

"Candidates For Sale" was inspired by growing corporate influence over politics, and the ridiculous amounts of money now needed to win public office. "Candidates For Sale" features Invincible and Rhymefest and was produced by Da Ricanstrukta, and is the first single off my new mixtape "Rappers On X" available for free download on 10/22/2012.

"Rappers On X" features Planet Asia, Brother J of X-Clan, Hasan Salaam, Mac Miller, Wise Intelligent, Sadat X, B. Dolan, Toki Wright, Invincible, Rass Kass, Torae and Rhymefest[image error]

Democracy Now: Koch Brothers Among U.S. Billionaires Pressuring Thousands of Employees to Vote For GOP

Democracy Now 
A new exposé raises alarming questions about the ability of corporations to influence the voting decisions of their employees. In an article published by "In These Times" magazine, labor journalist Mike Elk examines the contents of a voter information packet that Koch Industries sent to tens of thousands of employees at its subsidiary, Georgia Pacific. The packet advised the employees on whom to vote for and warned them of the dire consequences to their families, their jobs and their country, should they choose to vote otherwise. Koch Industries is run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. Corporations like Koch are legally allowed to pressure their workers to adopt their political views at the ballot box because of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Elk joins us to discuss his In These Times article, "Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech."

Chrystia Freeland Discusses 'Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else' on Colbert

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In her book Plutocrats, Chrystia Freeland argues today's global economy allows the super rich to disregard the American middle class.
       

MHP Show: Voter Intimidation on Cleveland Billboards

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Up with Chris Hayes: Can Your Employer Dictate Your Vote?

Jay Smooth on the Sorry State of Political Debates

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Joe Biden had the last laugh this week, but this whole debate season still depresses me.

Awkward Black Girl - The Interview (S. 2, Ep. 5)

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As J undergoes the excruciating interview process, she runs into someone unexpected.

LeVar Burton of 'Reading Rainbow' Responds To Romney's Proposed Cuts To PBS

HuffPostLive  Romney's comments during a debate last week about funding to PBS have gotten people worked up. So how much funding does PBS receive and how important is it really? LeVar Burton joins Janet Varney to discuss. Also joining the conversation are community members Amy Lutz and Harsha Nahata.