A Reader’s Guide to the Presidential Debates

Here’s everything you need to know about the policies and posturing on display in Denver, and Danville, and beyond.

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UPDATED Thursday, Oct. 11: For Thursday night’s highly anticipated vice-presidential debate, focused on America’s big domestic concerns, here’s your topic-by-topic primer.

Economic Inequality and the “47 Percent” Video

Health Care

  • Obamacare: How do you pay for it? Like so.

Taxes

Jobs

Education

  • California’s once-top-notch public higher education system, though, is in crisis. A man-made crisis.

The Environment

Energy

  • What the frick is fracking? Behold.

Medicare

Reproductive Rights

  • Is accessible contraception an infringement on religious freedom, as some conservatives argue? Not really.

Guns

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“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

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BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

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