A record number of Americans are expected to cast ballots by mail on Nov. 3 and the government...
Aug 14, 2020
How the 2020 presidential election could come down to state lawmakers
Edward B. Foley has a recurring nightmare. It’s Nov. 3, election night. President Donald Trump and former Vice...
Aug 14, 2020
For Italy’s Muslims, few mosques to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead
BERGAMO, Italy — In an entrance hall to Azzano San Paolo, Bergamo’s only Islamic cemetery, hang the names...
Aug 12, 2020
‘An awakening’: George Floyd protests spur surge in Black voter registration
Gregory Sarafan spends most election years assisting team leaders with registration events at concerts, where they target young,...
Aug 10, 2020
‘Your country is asking you to risk your life’: Disability activists fight to overcome barriers to voting
WASHINGTON — For Tasha Nelson, exercising her right to vote has become a life-and-death situation. As a 39-year-old mother...
Aug 05, 2020
Trump’s election delay musings are part of anti-democratic playbook
WASHINGTON — The president doesn’t have legal authority to delay or cancel an election. But that won’t stop...
Jul 30, 2020
‘Where are the women?’: The untaught history of women’s suffrage
This story is part of a larger reporting effort on voting rights in America presented with support from...
Jul 30, 2020
How Americans cast ballots in November will likely be decided by courts
Updated at 5:45 p.m. on July 16 A flood of lawsuits and court rulings spawned by the pandemic...
Jul 16, 2020
A nation in strife births a new generation of leaders
NEW YORK — Pace University freshman Bee Davis found herself and two dozen protestors isolated from a larger...
Jul 15, 2020
Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions
Mid-summer, every big election year, Montgomery activist Kynesha Brown’s after-work schedule starts to fill up. In normal times,...
Jul 13, 2020
