Politics

Trump insists absentee ballots are fair, but mail voting is corrupt. That’s nonsense.

A masked voter deposits her absentee ballot in Connecticut on August 11, 2020. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images There isn’t really…

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Michelle Obama’s necklace makes her message clear: Vote.

The former first lady wore a custom-made gold “VOTE” necklace as she delivered her speech. | Democratic National Convention via…

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What Michelle Obama’s DNC speech says about America

Eva Longoria introduces former first lady Michelle Obama to address the virtual Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. |…

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What voting has and hasn’t done for women

A Women’s March anniversary “Power to the Polls” event held in Las Vegas on January 21, 2018. | L.E. Baskow/AFP…

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The 19th Amendment didn’t give women the right to vote

A group of suffragists picket outside a opera house, circa 1919. | Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Its language — and effects…

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Joe Biden’s plan to fix the world

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s actions in Iraq on January 7, 2020, in New…

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Lovecraftian horror — and the racism at its core — explained

A Lovecraftian eldritch abomination. | Robert Coelho H.P. Lovecraft was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.…

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Why does Instagram Reels suck so bad?

NurPhoto via Getty Images Spoiler: blue checks. Hello from The Goods’ twice-weekly newsletter! On Tuesdays, internet culture reporter Rebecca Jennings…

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“Racism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy and it damns humanity”

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II during the Poor People’s Moral Action Congress forum for presidential candidates at Trinity Washington…

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The Democratic platform, explained

Zac Freeland/Vox What’s in the platform, what’s controversial about it, and what it all means. The main order of business…

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