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    How Important Is Early Voting? | Don't Mention It: Guantanamo Bay | Affirmative Action to Warrantless Wiretapping: The 2012-2013 Supreme Court Term | Exploring Asian American Comic Bo... (episode)

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    • How Important Is Early Voting? October 1, 2012

      Election day is still more than a month away, but early voting has already begun. Voters in South Dakota and Idaho began casting their ballots on September 21, while voters in Iowa li...

    • Affirmative Action to Warrantless Wiretapping: The Upcoming Supreme Court Term October 1, 2012

      The Supreme Court begins its 2012-2012 term today, just months after announcing its decision on the Affordable Care Act. While the Court has announced only half of the cases it will...

    • Don't Mention It: Guantanamo Bay October 1, 2012

      <p>Miami Herald correspondent<strong>&nbsp;Carol Rosenberg&nbsp;</strong>explains why Guantanamo is missing this campaign season, and what Americans still need to know about the detention facility.&nbsp;</p>

    • Afghanistan Death Toll Reaches 2,000 October 1, 2012

      It was confirmed over the weekend that the number of American servicemen and women killed in Afghanistan had reached 2,000. The incident took place in Wardak province, and exactly wha...

    • Why American Officials May Have Underestimated Security Threat in Benghazi, Libya October 1, 2012

      Counterterrorism and State Department officials now say the effective response of newly-trained Libyan guards to a June bombing outside the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi may...

    • Exploring Asian American Comic Book Artists and Imagery October 1, 2012

      Seventy years ago, half of all Americans read comic books, and much of what they saw were stereotypical images of Asian kamikazes, gurus, temptresses, and lotus flowers. How did Asian...

    • Nate Silver on the Science of Prediction October 1, 2012

      Political junkies, economists, baseball scouts, meteorologists, and basically everyone else in the world is constantly trying to predict the future. And yet with the overwhelming amou...