Despite repeated corrections by fact-checking watchdogs, the McCain campaign continued to falsely claim this week that Barack Obama would raise taxes on working families.

McCain is posing as a populist. A typical sound bite, he says, "We need to put our country first and focus what's best for Main Street. It's the excess and greed of Washington and Wall Street that got us in this situation to start with."

BERLIN – Bavaria, Germany’s largest state, borders on Austria: Both have countless Alpine peaks, lots of men in lederhosen, and many right-wing Roman Catholic traditions.

Grand Rapids, Mich. – An enthusiastic crowd of several hundred people gathered at Central High School here Sat., Sept. 27, for a rally held by Hillary Clinton on behalf of Barack Obama.

The Conservatives have expanded Canada's role in the bloody military occupation in Afghanistan, which is now extended until at least 2011. To date, 97 Canadians and thousands of Afghans have died in this tragic war, which has cost Canadian taxpayers an estimated $8 billion.

What is happening in the bank crisis, what are the likely outcomes, and what should we who are activists in and for peoples democratic movements begin to do about it?

In his speech to the nation Wednesday, Sept. 24th, George W. Bush blamed homeowners and lenders for the current financial crisis in explaining the origins of the financial crisis on Wall Street. Bush went on to use near-apocalyptic terms to drive home the need for an immediate $700 billion bailout of Wall Street bankers and lenders.

John McCain sought to cancel the first presidential debate scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, ostensibly to work on the financial crisis. Before the phony campaign suspension, McCain was at Morgan Library and Museum "preparing" for his Friday debate.

Discussing the preface to The Opinion Makers, by David W. Moore (Boston: Beacon Press, 2008) in Part 1, we reviewed the claim that the polls distort and misrepresent public opinion. Here is a case in point: how the polls manufactured a pro Iraq War sentiment to bolster the claims of the Bush administration.

Did John McCain suspend his campaign "to return to Washington to broker a deal on the financial crisis" in order to use the financial crisis as a way to prop up his sagging poll numbers? Or, is he afraid to meet Barack Obama head to head in a debate?

This is an important book to read, especially during this electoral season. It's not very long (161 pages), but it thoroughly explains how public opinion polls are manipulated to produce the results wanted by those who use them to influence and shape public perceptions of reality.

ATLANTA - Two anti-death penalty activists, Rev. Marvin Morgan, First Congregational Church, and Steve Woodhall, were arrested today at the Governor's Office, after refusing to leave the office until speaking with the governor about tomorrow's impending execution of Troy Davis.

This year the Better World Awards was held on Saturday June 14, 2008. The event took place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium at 1199 SEIU.

The ACLU of Michigan, and other organizations, filed a lawsuit in a federal court this week on behalf of a student organization, seeking an immediate injunction against what it calls illegal voter purge programs conducted by the Michigan Secretary of State, Terri Lynn Land.

According to Department of Veterans Affairs data, 56,000 veterans live in VA facilities. Most of them are ineligible to vote, typically because, as a result of the Help America Vote Act, state voting laws nullify their existing voter registration when they move from their home residence to live in a VA facility.

The Obama campaign, last week, launched a new Web site, McLobbyist.com, to highlight the issues of the 2008 election by examining the special interests and lobbyists tied to the McCain campaign.

Without a doubt the McCain campaign has sunk the presidential elections this year to a new low, with misleading ads, mudslinging, and attack ads focused on personalities rather than issues. Americans have heard more about pigs in lipsticks than what candidates will do to fix the economy.

Bolivian President Evo Morales described as a massacre the murders of about 16 people in the northern department of Pando, where a state of emergency was declared.

John McCain says he wants to reform Washington, but does hiring well-known Republican Washington lobbyist, William Timmons, who has shady ties to the South African apartheid regime really spell change?

After weeks of negative campaigning and mud-slinging, John McCain made a stunning admission this week. During a presidential forum Sept. 11th, McCain said, "It's easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."