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Bipartisan work. Despite some contentious issues surrounding voting, election boards comprising both Democrats and Republicans work together to ensure a fair voting process. Image Credit: Tetra Images/Getty Images In October 2020, I was appointed to chair the board of elections in the North Carolina county where I live. While I’ve followed politics closely my whole…
Islamabad — Pakistan sharply criticized the United States Thursday for imposing new sanctions against the nuclear-armed country’s long-range ballistic missile program, labeling the move as “double standards and discriminatory practices.” U.S. State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller announced the measures on Wednesday, saying they were imposed under an executive order that “targets proliferators of weapons of…
For decades, Black women have been the most ardent supporters of the Democratic party. Most recently, in the 2024 election, they voted for Kamala Harris at 92%. Since 1972, Black people’s overall support for Democrats has stayed at about 90% during a presidential election, with Black women voting even more Democratic than Black men. No…
As the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have failed to secure the release of British-Egyptian blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, UK politicians call for tougher measures to secure Alaa’s immediate return to the UK. During a debate on detained British nationals abroad in early December, chairwoman of the…
This is a press release from Smart Elections, published on Substack and elsewhere- editor. New York, New York – – As electors in each state are voting for President and Vice President today, SMART Elections, a nonpartisan organization focused on security and public oversight of U.S. elections, is releasing a comprehensive analysis of the 2024…
Shawn, a 35-year-old IT specialist who lives in Ohio, first learned about Klarna while shopping for a climbing tower to keep Memes, his American Shorthair cat, entertained. “It was at Petco,” he said, referring to a national chain of pet stores. “They had these little signs: ‘Split this into four payments.’” Klarna’s logo, rendered in…
Politics / December 19, 2024 The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism. Ad Policy Democratic senate candidate US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), addresses volunteers at a campaign office on November 4, 2024, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (Stephen Maturen /…
If it feels like everybody’s betting nowadays, it’s because a whole lot of people are. 2024 was the year companies from sportsbooks to prediction markets to trading apps asked, “Wanna bet?” And Americans responded with a resounding yes. The ground has shifted on gambling in the US in recent years as it’s become easier than…
We thought it was a fitting day to send out a press release about our Study of the Drop-off Factor in the 2024 Presidential Election, along with the questions that the study raises about the election results. Below is the full press release. We hope you will share this widely. Share it with local, state and national media.…