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The election coverage of your choice.

ISSUE: Race/Gender

The Race Issue Isn't Going Away. Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2008.
NPR and Fox News commentator Juan Williams wonders if skin color is going to be the deciding factor in the 2008 election.

The Big Race. The New Republic, May 28, 2008.
Race seems likely to play an even larger role in the general election. What role, exactly, will that be? The field of political psychology offers some clues.

Hillary: Sexism or Self-Sabotage? Business Week, June 20, 2008.
There were gender issues at play in Clinton's Presidential run, but they weren't what did her in. Are we finally ready for a postgender conversation?

Think the Gender War Is Over? Think Again. The New York Times, June 15, 2008.
Op-ed by writer Susan Faludi suggesting that the race between Obama and McCain is a referendum on 200 years of bedrock gender mythology.