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As Americans head to the polls this week, they will contend with two competing realities of modern electoral politics. Voting is more secure than...
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...
Twelve days before the election, Letty Rios was spending her afternoon as she had many times before, and likely would several times again: trekking...
Among former President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, one in particular stands out for his insistence on its importance and its potential impact:...
With Hurricane Milton set to make landfall in Florida this week—with likely devastating force—the intensity of the concern over the potential...
Unlike the contentious debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in September, the debate between their two...
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...
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,...
Jodi Habush Sinykin has experienced the recent shift in enthusiasm among Democratic voters firsthand. These days, when she’s out knocking on doors...
Rumors that Beyoncé would make an appearance were swirling inside the United Center by the third day of the Democratic National Convention. They hit...
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...
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...
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...
Although former President Donald Trump is not exactly known for his detailed policy proposals, he has recently announced support for tax policies...
When Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first rally speech after announcing her campaign for president last month, she outlined some of her...
The presidential race’s gender dynamics have dramatically transformed in recent weeks—not only because a woman will almost certainly lead the...
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...
The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last Saturday spurred an outpouring of condemnation against political violence from...
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,...
President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and the consequent Democratic outburst of panic and rage largely overshadowed the end of this year’s...
Despite no longer serving in House Democratic leadership, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains an influential voice in her party. So when she suggested...
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...
By the time Monica Tranel, the Democratic candidate for Montana’s 1st congressional district, arrived at the Philipsburg Fire Volunteer Department,...
The Covid pandemic provided a real-time experiment of a strengthened social safety net, in which several anti-poverty programs were bolstered and...
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...
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...
This week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a version of the farm bill, the sprawling piece of recurring legislation governing federal...
Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, races for state Supreme Courts have garnered increased attention and money,...
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...
One could be forgiven for thinking of Montana as a fully red state. Republicans have won every presidential election there since 1996, with Donald...
Another week, another blockbuster Supreme Court case that could have lasting consequences for American politics: On Tuesday, the nation’s high court...
Spring is a heady season for high school seniors. Many universities require accepted prospective students to commit in early May; graduation typically...
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...
This week, the Florida state Supreme Court issued two rulings with significant ramifications for abortion access in the state. In one decision, the...
This week, after Israeli airstrikes killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen—the globe-trotting food aid organization famous for showing up...
This year, 14 states are providing their own child tax credits, supplementing the credit offered by the federal government. While several have...
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...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments in favor of limiting access to mifepristone, a medication approved long ago by the Food...
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...
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...
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...
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...