On the their convention’s first night, Democrats embrace the images and themes of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Category: Politics
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What Congress can realistically do to prevent the Postal Service from disenfranchising voters
Without a bipartisan consensus on USPS, putting pressure on its leaders is the next step.
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Fact-checking the first night of the Democratic National Convention
The two-hour informercial left us starved of items to fact check. Here’s what caught our interest.
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The Democratic Party was more racially diverse in 1996 than the Republican Party is today
The Trump era seems to be speeding partisan shifts.
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Trump’s assessment of mail-in voting continues to be both muddled and dishonest
Most states are doing precisely what Trump claims to support.
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How to make sure your vote counts in November
Here is what you can do to ensure that your mailed-in vote counts or that your in-person voting experience goes as smoothly as possible.
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The cherry-picked presidency
Trump’s most consistent political philosophy is that the only things that matter are the things he says matter.
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‘We have a come a very long way’: Bernie Sanders hails a liberal movement in transition
The senator’s speech to the Democratic National Convention marks the end of his presidential journey — and a crossroads for his liberal allies.
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Mike Bloomberg pledges $60 million to help House Democrats
The announcement, coming before Bloomberg’s convention speech, continues an unprecedented political spending spree by one of the world’s richest men.
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Biden comes into the Democratic convention in an unusually strong position
To hear Trump tell it, it’s only because most people lie to pollsters.
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Trump vs. the Postal Service
The history of President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. Postal Service. Young Black voters yearn for policy, not promises, from Sen. Kamala Harris. And why hunters and fishers are asking Congress to deliver climate change solutions.
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Outside a Baltimore mail facility, Democrats and union leaders issue call to action
They urge the public to denounce changes in mail delivery before the presidential election.
