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Experts Warn More Than 1 Million Mail-In Ballots Could Be Rejected in 2020 Races
Rejected ballots could end up swinging close races.
Trump’s HHS Is Withholding Detailed COVID Hospitalization Data From the Public
Health experts say the information must be disseminated to help improve public health responses to the pandemic.
Founded on Inequality, Can the US Ever Be Truly Democratic and Inclusive?
The inequality deeply embedded in U.S. statecraft continues to counterbalance any progress, however symbolic.
Youth Activists Are Transforming the Election by Leading Protesters to the Polls
In three major battleground states, early voting from people under 29 has increased by almost 700 percent since 2016.
Social Movements Can Win Even With a Hostile Supreme Court
From reproductive and civil rights to worker protections, Supreme Court victories followed mass actions by the people.
Early Voting in Texas Has Already Surpassed the State’s Vote Total from 2016
The Lone Star State is deemed competitive this year, with recent polls showing statistical ties between Trump and Biden.
Trump’s Attacks on Mail-In Voting in Las Vegas Could End Up at the Supreme Court
If SCOTUS conjures some pretext to invalidate mail ballots, it could render the 2020 election a smoldering ruin.
Don Jr. Wrongly Claims the Coronavirus Death Rate Is “Almost Nothing”
One respected health model projects that daily deaths in the U.S. will exceed 2,200 by New Year's Day.
WH Chief of Staff Allegedly Gave Taxpayer Funds to Wife’s Friend’s Campaign
New details sharpen questions around previous reporting on Meadows's possible use of campaign funds for person expenses.
Trump Ramps Up Deportations to Haiti Despite Massive Risk of COVID Spread
A law intended to prevent the spread of disease has been used to deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year.