As tens of millions of people across the U.S. cast their ballots in early voting ahead of the November 3 election, we look at voter suppression efforts with journalist and academic Jelani Cobb. His new “Frontline” documentary “Whose Vote Counts” examines the long lines, record number of mail-in ballots and the legal fights that have marked voting during the pandemic, with a focus on Wisconsin.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales’s political party MAS has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, with Morales’s handpicked successor Luis Arce securing over 50% of the vote, according to exit polls. If confirmed, the result will put the socialist party back in power almost a year after a right-wing coup that ousted Morales and installed Jeanine Áñez as president.
My name is on the birth certificate. Her mom never told me.
Former Rep. Katie Hill reflects on her scandal and talks with an expert on public shame.
Parenting advice on surrogacy, friendlessness, and newborns.
His other work includes In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen, and Bring it On: The Musical.
It’s a policy reversal from a presidency that helps red states and harms blue ones.
Democrats want it. The president wants it. Americans need it. If GOP senators want to kill it, they can own it, too.
The Trump administration’s logic for ending the count early obscures that it may be rife with inaccuracies.
There won’t be a coronavirus vaccine ready before Election Day, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises and vaccine makers’ breakneck speed.
Two national pharmacy chains will administer an eventual coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups.
The move by Pfizer continues the company’s push to publicly distance itself from the presidential race.
“I think we should be even more affirmative about it,” the former New Jersey governor said.
The political backdrop could make the first coronavirus gathering of the advisory committee one of the most-watched in FDA history.
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
Government spending exceeded more than $6.5 trillion in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up from $4.4 trillion in fiscal 2019.
Some 60 percent of all U.S. businesses that have closed during the pandemic have not reopened.
The comments from the leading Fed officials were the latest evidence of the central bank’s growing attention to persistent inequality in the economy.
The president told reporters he’s not running scared, he’s running angry, as he campaigns aggressively in battleground states.
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At The Baffler, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva, and Johanna Mellis write—The Red Zone.
Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas, has been the subject of a lot of rumors and jokes over the years. Some of those would go into exactly the kind of juvenile jabs you would expect. Other stories that floated about Seaman school were not as humorous, and far darker.
The final two weeks of the 2020 election are upon us, and with the political climate continuing to favor Democrats overall, Daily Kos Elections is moving our race ratings in 11 more contests—nine shift to the left, while two move towards the GOP. We also now have a total of 11 GOP-held Senate seats rated as Lean Republican or better for Democrats. You can find all our Senate, gubernatorial, and House ratings at each link.
Donald Trump has made clear that he expects to lose the election but plans to do everything he can to cast doubt on the results, even at the cost of faith in U.S. democracy. That’s an enormous, ongoing piece of bad news that we live with every day. The good news is that Democrats and election integrity organizations and even a few good-faith Republicans aren’t just sitting around waiting for the worst. They’re mobilizing now to be ready with a response.
The Supreme Court isn’t finished possibly issuing another devastating ruling in the 2020 census count. Just days after issuing a brief, unsigned order allowing the U.S. Census Bureau to end data collection early, the court last Friday agreed to fast track impeached president Donald Trump’s discriminatory order seeking to erase undocumented immigrants from the count in order to affect apportionment of House seats.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will have their microphones cut off while the other delivers opening answers to each debate topic.
Regina Romero also called on the self-proclaimed “law and order” candidate to follow the Arizona city’s mandatory mask and social distancing requirements.
“You can’t put your entire, 100 percent trust into a 15-year-old.
