Politics

For Native Americans, voting rights were hard-won. Mail-in voting could undo the gains.

Gerald “Bear Shirt” Stiffarm (right) has worked since the 1990s to encourage Native voters to cast their ballots, despite numerous…

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DC is closer to becoming a state now than it has ever been

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a leading proponent of DC statehood. | Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty Images The House will vote…

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How young people are combating anti-black racism in their immigrant communities

Protesters hold signs that say “Filipinx for Black Lives” in Los Angeles on June 5. | Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles…

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Funeral homes have been changed by the coronavirus. Here’s what it’s like to work in one.

Funeral homes across the country are contending with gathering restrictions. | Getty Images/iStockphoto Mourners “can’t grieve in the traditional way.”…

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Report: Nonwhite jail officers were not allowed to guard George Floyd’s killer

Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images The officers say they were forbidden from interacting with Derek Chauvin because they…

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A Siberian town near the Arctic Circle just recorded a 100-degree temperature

A past summer thaw in Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town in Russia. The town normally has an average high of 68…

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Trump saw his Tulsa rally as a chance to reset his reelection campaign. It did not go well.

A supporter sits at the BOK Center before Trump’s rally on June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | Jabin Botsford/The…

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Brazil could surpass the US as the country worst hit by coronavirus this summer

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes off his mask to speak to journalists during a press conference about the coronavirus outbreak…

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Trump fires the US attorney investigating his allies

US Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies at his 2019 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC.…

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Trump falsely suggests wearing a mask at his Tulsa rally could be harmful

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in 2016. | Alex Wong/Getty Images He anticipated a “wild evening” where…

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