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Election Officials Are Bolstering Security Ahead of Tuesday

As Americans head to the polls this week, they will contend with two competing realities of modern electoral politics. Voting is more secure than...

05.11.2024 3

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Will Abortion Access Rights Sway Navajo Voters in Arizona?

About 30 years ago, doctors in an Indian Health Service clinic in Tuba City, Arizona, told Jamescita Peshlakai that her health would be at risk if she...

30.10.2024 10

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Young Voters in These Two States Could Make or Break Harris’s Chances

Twelve days before the election, Letty Rios was spending her afternoon as she had many times before, and likely would several times again: trekking...

28.10.2024 8

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What “Mass Deportation” Would Mean for the Economy

Among former President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, one in particular stands out for his insistence on its importance and its potential impact:...

18.10.2024 10

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Can $1 Billion Buy an Election?

11.10.2024 3

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Democrats Are Finally Talking About Abortion

10.10.2024 7

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Misinformation Could Be the Dangerous New Normal for Disaster Response

With Hurricane Milton set to make landfall in Florida this week—with likely devastating force—the intensity of the concern over the potential...

09.10.2024 8

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Democrats and Republicans Agree on Child Care! (Or Do They, Really?)

Unlike the contentious debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in September, the debate between their two...

05.10.2024 9

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Congressional Dysfunction Has Helene Relief Efforts in Limbo

01.10.2024 20

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Schools Face More Uncertainty as Pandemic-Era Funding Ends

One of the final vestiges of pandemic relief is set to end on Monday, with states scrambling to finalize their spending plans for Covid-era federal...

27.09.2024 2

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House Democrats Are Going All In on Tying Project 2025 to Trump

25.09.2024 10

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How Cutting Back the Child Tax Credit Led to Another Year of Poverty

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday,...

13.09.2024 20

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Wisconsin Democrats Hope to Run the Table on Kamala’s Coattails

Jodi Habush Sinykin has experienced the recent shift in enthusiasm among Democratic voters firsthand. These days, when she’s out knocking on doors...

03.09.2024 9

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The Democrats Have A-List Star Power. The Republicans Have Hulk Hogan.

Rumors that Beyoncé would make an appearance were swirling inside the United Center by the third day of the Democratic National Convention. They hit...

29.08.2024 10

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Democrats Pulled Off Their Banging Party. Now For the Morning After.

A party convention is no fit place for the non-believers, or even the agnostic. While the delegates, on hand to cast the votes that seal the...

23.08.2024 5

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The Convention That Came Back From the Dead

If Maryland Governor Wes Moore was tired as he got to work on Tuesday morning, he didn’t show it. The Democratic National Convention had ended...

21.08.2024 4

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Why Trump Appeals to Young Men

Men, and particularly white men, have long been a key constituency for former President Donald Trump. His 2016 victory was owed in part to his...

19.08.2024 4

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New Harris, Trump Tax Proposals Heavy On Promises, Light On Details

Although former President Donald Trump is not exactly known for his detailed policy proposals, he has recently announced support for tax policies...

12.08.2024 10

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With Tim Walz, Kamala Harris May Give Families a Lifeline

When Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first rally speech after announcing her campaign for president last month, she outlined some of her...

08.08.2024 10

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How Gender Redefined the 2024 Election

The presidential race’s gender dynamics have dramatically transformed in recent weeks—not only because a woman will almost certainly lead the...

01.08.2024 10

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What Coconut Memes Say About Kamala Harris’s Appeal to Young Voters

To someone who has not spent a significant amount of time on social media, Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s tweet on Sunday implicitly endorsing Vice...

23.07.2024 9

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The Violence of 2024 Increasingly Recalls 1968

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last Saturday spurred an outpouring of condemnation against political violence from...

19.07.2024 4

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J.D. Vance Is the Ultimate MAGA Republican and Future of the Party

When former President Donald Trump named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice presidential nominee on Monday, it was a projection of confidence. Vance,...

16.07.2024 8

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The 2016 Election Reshaped the Supreme Court. So Will 2024.

President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and the consequent Democratic outburst of panic and rage largely overshadowed the end of this year’s...

11.07.2024 20

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Democrats Are Paralyzed About How to Handle Biden

Despite no longer serving in House Democratic leadership, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains an influential voice in her party. So when she suggested...

11.07.2024 3

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House Democrats Put a Brave Face on Their Biden Gap

09.07.2024 3

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The Democrats’ Billboard-Sized Plan to Make Trump Own Project 2025

When former President Donald Trump arrives in Doral, Florida, for a Tuesday evening rally, Democrats will have a surprise waiting for him: a new front...

09.07.2024 10

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How Will Montana’s Population Boom Shift Its Politics?

By the time Monica Tranel, the Democratic candidate for Montana’s 1st congressional district, arrived at the Philipsburg Fire Volunteer Department,...

25.06.2024 10

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Republican Governors Are Refusing Free Meals for Millions of Kids

The Covid pandemic provided a real-time experiment of a strengthened social safety net, in which several anti-poverty programs were bolstered and...

07.06.2024 30

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The Mixed Messages of the Contraception War

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the party with a majority in Congress must spend the months leading up to Election Day on bills that make...

06.06.2024 2

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Congress Is Waking Up to the Devastating War in Sudan

For more than a year, Sudan has been riven by a brutal civil war. The scale of misery is shocking: Nearly 18 million people face “high levels of...

31.05.2024 20

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How Pig Welfare Became a States’ Rights Issue

This week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a version of the farm bill, the sprawling piece of recurring legislation governing federal...

28.05.2024 4

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The Hot New Down-Ballot Races: State Supreme Court Seats

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, races for state Supreme Courts have garnered increased attention and money,...

23.05.2024 10

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Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?

17.05.2024 50

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Republicans Are Doubling (and Tripling) Down on Abortion Restrictions

17.05.2024 30

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An Internet Connectivity Lifeline for Millions Is About to Go Dark

14.05.2024 10

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One Abortion Clinic’s Fight to Defend Reproductive Rights in Montana

Inside the small waiting room of All Families Healthcare in Whitefish, Montana, beside the reception desk, there’s a side door covered from top to...

06.05.2024 30

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The Other Montana Democrat to Watch in 2024

One could be forgiven for thinking of Montana as a fully red state. Republicans have won every presidential election there since 1996, with Donald...

03.05.2024 10

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The Supreme Court Could Change How We Think About January 6

Another week, another blockbuster Supreme Court case that could have lasting consequences for American politics: On Tuesday, the nation’s high court...

19.04.2024 5

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The Financial Aid Debacle Affecting Millions of Low-Income Students

Spring is a heady season for high school seniors. Many universities require accepted prospective students to commit in early May; graduation typically...

17.04.2024 4

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Republicans Are Betting That Trump Got His Abortion Position Right

In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has become a defining campaign issue for Democrats and a thorn in the side...

12.04.2024 10

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Can Abortion Rights Voters Turn Florida Blue?

This week, the Florida state Supreme Court issued two rulings with significant ramifications for abortion access in the state. In one decision, the...

05.04.2024 20

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The Tragic Fallout of the World Central Kitchen Airstrikes

This week, after Israeli airstrikes killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen—the globe-trotting food aid organization famous for showing up...

04.04.2024 4

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The States That Are Stepping Up to Take On Child Poverty

This year, 14 states are providing their own child tax credits, supplementing the credit offered by the federal government. While several have...

03.04.2024 10

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Can States Legally Ban Emergency Abortions?

Dr. Lauren Miller, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, had dreamed of opening an ob-gyn residency in Boise, Idaho, but she felt hindered by a recent...

30.03.2024 10

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The Mifepristone Case Isn’t the Endgame for Abortion Opponents

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments in favor of limiting access to mifepristone, a medication approved long ago by the Food...

29.03.2024 30

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Can This Forgotten Anti-Poverty Progam Be Saved?

Mahagani Jenkins appreciated the extra money—it just wasn’t enough. For an on-and-off six months, she was a participant in the Temporary...

25.03.2024 7

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The Popular, Bipartisan Bills That Can’t Get Passed

Every once in a while, a bipartisan group of lawmakers comes together to support a popular policy that fulfills the interests of industry leaders and...

22.03.2024 30

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Biden’s Next Big Campaign Front: Affordable Housing

The cost of housing has become nigh insurmountable for many Americans, but their struggle can be a politician’s boon—a big structural problem ripe...

19.03.2024 7

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Washington Is Leaving Haiti in Limbo

This week, embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to resign. He had spent the last week stranded in Puerto Rico, unable to return, as...

15.03.2024 4

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