Reading Time: 3 minutes In a major victory for voting-rights advocates, a three-judge panel blocked a Florida law that imposes fines and fees on formerly incarcerated individuals before they can register to vote.
Reading Time: 3 minutes After internet trolls exacerbated the Iowa caucus fiasco, election security advocates are turning their attention to states with vulnerable voting machines to see how prepared they are in case something goes wrong.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can firearm owners effectively fight for sensible gun laws? One major gun control group thinks so.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ballot initiatives are an important tool for voters who want electoral reform. Yet GOP lawmakers across the country have rewritten, blocked, or outright ignored measures for a more fair democracy.
Reading Time: 5 minutes It takes a banana republic to know one.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The media has a poor track record of predicting who will win presidential primaries. No wonder many Americans feel that journalists are out of touch with what is really happening in the country.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The jury is still out on whether cell phones cause cancer and how harmful they are to kids. But we already know that they can kill you when used in any way while driving.
Reading Time: 14 minutes A deep dive into the violence and terrorism of the 1970s and ‘80s and the bombing of the US Capitol.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hong Kong’s streets are deserted and only stores selling face masks have any customers.
Reading Time: 4 minutes A collection of WhoWhatWhy stories that show the many grotesque varieties of racism in action.