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US Leadership Expert Michael Maccoby Discusses Which Candidate Is Best Suited for the Presidency

by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – What kind of leader does tomorrow’s America need? And who among the presidential candidates is best suited to meet the challenges that the next leader of the world’s superpower will face? These are some

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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage

Obama vs. Clinton: Neither Experience nor Change Will Overcome Politics as Usual

by Nomi Prins – USA – Depending on the measure of ‘liberalness’ used to evaluate past voting records, there is next to no difference between Clinton and Obama. In fact, with all her emphasis on ‘experience’ and his on ‘change,’

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Ripples of Hope: Barack Obama Gets the Blessing of the Kennedys

by Susan Lavine – USA – Quoting from a historic speech given by Robert F. Kennedy during his visit to South Africa in 1966 to show solidarity with Martin Luther King and South Africa’s struggle for civil rights, Barack Obama

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Democracy Takes a Hit on the Campaign Trail

by Roshi Pejhan Community Outreach & Development, The WIP – USA – Harold Bloom’s summation of “the poor state of the nation” in Eva Solhman’s article last week shone a light on the ailing political health of the United States.

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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage, The WIP Editorial

The US Elections: This Time It’s the Issues, Not Just Images

by María Suárez Toro – Costa Rica/Puerto Rico – Although the image of the various candidates has been a central target in almost all electoral processes in the recent past, the US elections might not focus quite so much on

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California Democratic Convention 2007

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP – USA – For The WIP’s first article of the 2008 United States election season, I am dedicating this piece to three of the underrepresented voices in American politics: Women, African Americans, and

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