Clocking Out: Hurdles Edition

Tom Corbett, Rick Scott and the War on Voting star in this week’s New York Times Sunday Review cartoon.

The importance of the Voting Rights Act, and why it’s at risk as we approach 2012.

What effect will voter-suppression laws have on turnout and election outcomes? A few percentage points could have a big impact.

The war on voting will be waged incessantly on many fronts.”

Activists fight to stop foreclosure auctions across New York.

The difference between a financial industry playing its proper role and “casino capitalism.”

“The conservative answer to outsourcing, which Romney has long espoused, is essentially to do nothing.”

The manipulation of municipal bonds by Wall Streeters is practically organized crime.

Related: The incentives for bad behavior on Wall Street.

The Consumer Financial Protection Board brings some fresh thinking to DC and financial regulation.