A customer leaves a payday loan store in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on February 12. | Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post via Getty Images Americans are falling through
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The bland, boring visuals of the Republican National Convention
Donald Trump, Jr., concludes his address at the 2020 Republican National Convention. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The aesthetics of the 2020 RNC are a disaster.
Political conventions are where politics and fandom converge. What happens in a pandemic?
A protest sign of Star Wars’ Princess Leia during the Women’s March on January 19, 2019, in New York. | Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty
1 in 3 Black Americans knows someone who died from Covid-19. These stories capture the toll taken by the disease.
Desha Hargrove lost her husband, Jason, an essential worker in Detroit, Michigan, to Covid-19. | Courtesy of Desha Hargrove “Every time you look up, there
What a second Trump term could mean for LGBTQ people
Trump supporter Nestor Moto Jr. attends a counterprotest in Costa Mesa, California, on December 12, 2016. | Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty
“America First, but on steroids”: What Trump’s second-term foreign policy might look like
President Trump, along with Saudi Arabia’s king and Egypt’s president, put their hands on an illuminated globe during the inauguration ceremony of the Global Center
College reopenings — and closures — are harming low-income students
Students move into New York University’s dorms in the East Village as the institution prepares to start a mix of in-person and online classes on
2 winners and 3 losers from night 2 of the RNC
First lady Melania Trump speaks during the Republican National Convention from the White House Rose Garden. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Winners: nepotism and a Trump
The RNC keeps referring to Covid-19 in the past tense. 1,147 American deaths were reported Tuesday.
US National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks during the Republican National Convention. | Getty Images Larry Kudlow and company are pretending the coronavirus pandemic
Trump’s pitch to evangelical voters, explained in one RNC speech
Anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson speaks during the Republican National Convention. | Republican National Committee/Getty Images He’s “the most pro-life president we have ever had,” according