Before tonight's debate, we wanted to take a look at the basics. Basics like, "where is Libya located?"

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.

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

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

A New York Times interactive looks at the candidates' gestures and the message they might convey to audiences.