In the second presidential debate, one candidate used the word “poverty” without saying anything about poverty; the other didn’t use the word at all but managed to speak a fair amount about it.

Covering the candidates' positions on the issues that matter is one thing, but what about the issues that don't.

The introduction to Freeland's new book examining the history of the richest of the rich, and how the gained political power

With your help, we ask the questions that have gone unasked, and answer them with the candidates’ own past statements.

Not content with just buying American elections, corporate bosses strong-arm their employees to do political work on company time.

More than 1,000 people spell out "Dump Citizens United" with their bodies on a San Francisco beach, and other stories, in this week's roundup from Mother Jones

With less than a month until Election Day, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Montana’s campaign donation limits.

New York Times columnist Thomas B. Edsall looks at income inequality from an economic growth perspective.

Wall Street was firmly behind Obama in 2008 -- but this year, the employees of many big banks such as Goldman Sachs have defected to Romney.

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