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Janine Jackson interviewed True North Research’s Lisa Graves about what’s behind the Amy Coney Barrett nomination for the October 16, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

Low-income voters could decide this election. These neighborhood activists are working to make it happen.

This election is full of existential choices from President to crucial races for the Senate and House. There are also a number of important state and local ballot initiatives and referendums that will influence our ability to preserve the biosphere.

For three decades the Nigerian government has repeatedly vowed to reform a police force mired in corruption and brutality, only for the problems to persist. Now, even with a global spotlight on the country, many are doubtful real change will come.

It is necessary for the labor movement to play a leadership role in affirming our democratic institutions. We have material resources, we are organized, and we have the ability to withhold our labor.

Eric Blanc interviews Leo Panitch about the upcoming presidential election in the US.

Bernie Sanders is reportedly making a bid to be the secretary of labor in a potential Biden administration. That’s good news. The labor secretary has broad latitude to raise worker standards — and Bernie could use the bully pulpit.

The great American Bard Walt Whitman (1819-1892) celebrates what all citizens must do next Tuesday: VOTE!!

Lessons from Chile’s uprising—and from the 2000 Florida recount fight.