The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of racist literacy tests and poll taxes to ban Black voters. It came too…
Ballot measure 309 would ban the only slaughterhouse in Denver, which processes up to 20% of the country’s lamb product.
A professor of urban journalism explains what the national press has overlooked about Detroit’s grit and revival.
While the US supports nonpartisan election observers in other countries, the practice has a low profile in this country.
No, it’s not the TV news networks. The presidential election certification process is a lot more complicated than that…
The work of estimating conflict mortality is difficult. But that doesn’t make this grim exercise, nor accounting for the…
The 2024 campaign closes with candidate Donald Trump and allies conjuring a world of insult and degradation of an infantilized,…
On Nov. 15, 1960, four Black first graders desegregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Tessie Prevost, who died in…
Despite the power that political independents are anticipated to have over the election results, there’s a lot that remains…
US election coverage often portrays rural America as entirely white and conservative. This narrow view obscures the issues…
Take a deep breath: Having to wait for election results means the system is working as it should, with safeguards and double-checks.
As the election nears, it seems everyone is afraid.
Americans might have to wait for days, weeks or months to get an accurate determination of the winner of the presidency.
George Orwell, who wrote about war, totalitarianism, nationalism and patriotism in the 1940s, would have had a lot to say…
While Harris and Trump diverge on many key policy issues, they find common ground in other areas.
Spreading rumors is human nature. It’s a way people try to make sense of a messy world. In the age of social media and…
The question is how many inactive voters will come out.
Pennsylvania is the battleground state with the most Electoral College votes. While everyone will want to know the outcome…
Five states have marijuana on the ballot in some form this November. But the once-bipartisan legalization movement now faces…
Trump’s comments against immigrants of color have prompted comparisons to the Nazis. But American and British theorists…