News & Notes

Although members of the American Legislative Exchange Council lost seats in recent elections, it's still not known how many newly elected state legislators will join the group.

This week ALEC held its annual policy summit in the nation's capitol. Find out about that meeting and other happenings since we first reported on ALEC in September.

The Obama team has asked Americans to tweet their support for extending middle class tax cuts in the fiscal cliff negotiations.

A group of Occupy activists are raising money to purchase distressed debt and cancel it in a new initiative called the Rolling Jubilee.

The Round House is Erdrich's fourteenth novel, and it was selected for the award from a high-profile group of finalists, including Junot Díaz and Dave Eggers. Erdrich's novel takes a look at injustice on Native American reservations.

Mark Pocan, who featured prominently in our recent "United States of ALEC" episode, was elected last week to the U.S. House last week representing Wisconsin.

See some of the ways our nation changed thanks to new state ballot initiatives.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted ordered a last-minute change to how provisional ballots are cast in Ohio.

With candidates in the final push to win over swing voters in key states, it's easy to forget that many Americans have already voted.

We are re-broadcasting the premiere episode of Moyers & Company, exploring politically-engineered inequality -- an issue as relevant at the end of 2012 as it was at the start.