It wasn’t just new voters that made this election the biggest ever: Youth turned out in droves to work on campaigns behind the scenes, too.
2020 Election
Georgia’s political shift could be an early sign of the whole country's shift toward equality and justice.
Opinion | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Kamala Harris | gender violence | sexual assault | patriarchy | abuse survivors | 2016 Election
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Federal law enforcement is concerned that the violent opposition to civil rights demonstrations and pandemic safety measures may foreshadow violence on Election Day or soon after. West Virginia officials are downplaying the threat.
The founders of this nation did many things, but establishing democracy was not one of them. That’s our job.
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