[ad_1] Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both […]

[ad_1] Politics / October 9, 2024 He relished the limelight in 2016 and 2020. Now he’s refusing to debate and ducking interviews. Ad Policy Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Dodge County Airport on October 6, 2024, in Juneau, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson / Getty Images) Donald Trump has been running for president for nearly […]

[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump visits Chez What Furniture Store, which was damaged during Hurricane Helene, on Sept. 30 in Valdosta, Ga. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Hurricane Helene has devastated large portions of the Southeast, including dozens of counties in the key presidential swing states of Georgia […]

[ad_1] FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 09: A palm tree next to the beach before Hurricane Milton’s arrival on October 09, 2024, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. People are preparing for the storm, which could be a Cat 3 when it makes landfall on Wednesday evening. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty […]

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[ad_1] Both presidential candidates visited Georgia after Hurricane Helene: Vice President Harris in Augusta on Oct. 2 and former President Trump in Valdosta on Sept. 30. Trump has tried to weaponize the federal response to the storm. Carolyn Kaster/AP; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Election season […]

[ad_1] Volunteers for the Walworth County Democrats fold pamphlets for canvassers ahead of this year’s presidential election. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption toggle caption Keren Carrión/NPR In a small town less than an hour outside of Milwaukee, Democratic volunteers are stuffing pamphlets into plastic baggies that canvassers will take door knocking around the neighborhood. The town […]

[ad_1] Melinda French Gates, billionaire philanthropist and founder of Pivotal, in Paris in 2021. Since leaving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this year, French Gates has committed $1 billion towards women and girls. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP hide caption toggle caption LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP For most of her adult life, Melinda French Gates has helped control […]

[ad_1] Inmates at the Cook County, Ill., jail head to a staging area at the jail’s Division 11 law library before registering and voting in the local election in 2023 in Chicago. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Voting in the U.S. is widely considered to be an accessible privilege for all Americans. […]

[ad_1] People rally during the “National March on Washington: Free Palestine” while calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Freedom Plaza November 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer hide caption toggle caption Photo by Drew Angerer People rally during the “National March on Washington: Free Palestine” while calling for a […]