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Returned mail-in ballots in the July New York primary. Courtesy of The Intercept and the AP. “Laboratories of democracy” are a distinctive feature of the American system. The phrase traces…
Photo courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio When you step into your car, you put a seat belt on. If you don’t, you might get a ticket, or even worse, die.…
Senator Mike Lee emoting. Photo credit The Daily Kos Late on October 7, as he suffered through the COVID-19 infection that he brought upon himself and forced upon the nation,…
Pictured: A Black power fist surrounded by “like” notifications from social media. Photo by Ben Daniel Actions speak louder than words, and they certainly speak louder than social media posts.…
Illustration: Courtesy of Zohar Lazar for New York Magazine “Where We Go One, We Go All.” The lurid slogan belongs to the notorious far-right conspiracy theory community called QAnon. The…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson giving his Unleashing Britain’s Potential Speech. PHOTO: European Pressphoto Agency. Photo courtesy of BBC. If there was ever a question that the U.S. and U.K. are…
Illustration and photo courtesy of the New York Times. When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has become a national model for disease control. Despite being hit…
An exhibit from a court hearing in Michigan shows members of the Wolverine Warriors at a weapons training exercise. Source: ABC affiliate KOMO, courtesy of the US District Court for…
President Donald Trump (left) and Former Vice President Joe Biden at the first presidential debate (image courtesy of CNN) On the night of October 15, President Donald Trump and…
Hillary Clinton (left), Donald Trump (center), and Joe Biden (right.) Image courtesy of USAToday. With just over two weeks until the Presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden leads President…