Not registered to vote yet in the US? There’s a good chance you can still cast a ballot | Laura W Brill
Twenty-two states and Washington DC let voters register on election day. Why aren’t politicians doing more to reach young people?With election day just a week away, candidates are ignoring millions of young Americans who could still cast a decisive…
North Carolina legislators closed their on-campus voting sites. HBCU students marched miles to vote anyway
Last year, the state’s board of elections removed several polling sites from local colleges – and students have taken it upon themselves to organize votingOn 15 October, the first day of early voting in North Carolina, mostly Black students from North…
The survival of American democracy depends on taxing billionaires
It is essential not just to fund the public goods the nation needs, it is indispensable to restore a sense of fairnessMoney doesn’t buy happiness, we’re told. Even some economists agree. The Nobel Prize-winning economists, Daniel Kahneman and Angus…
The US urgently needs more bilingual healthcare workers. This clinic might have the solution
In New Mexico, where a shortage is acute, Casa de Salud trains college and high-school health apprentices who understand the communities they serve“I’ll be getting a little bit closer to you to put the cuff on,” Gisselle Martinez said, demonstrating how…
‘I’m still innocent,’ says Comey as Trump calls him a ‘dirty cop’ – US politics live
The US justice department is attempting to prosecute the former FBI director for the third timeHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump has called the former FBI director, James Comey, a “dirty cop”, Reuters reports. The US…
These four elections could change the world in 10 days – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Benjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his political life. Voters in Israel are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide an election that could determine whether Netanyahu will remain the country's prime minister (and affect the outcome of the corruption…
AI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn
Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling liesSocial media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI-driven disinformation ahead of November’s US midterm elections, according to…
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Amy Acton ad makes a false – and sickening – argument
Republican attacks on the candidate for governor are contradictory and hinge on a warped understanding of sexual abuseI’ve heard people say that the Ramaswamy team must have been scared.Last week, the campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech billionaire and…
Defund Elon Musk | Robert Reich
No private individual should have the power to determine US foreign policy, as Musk has attempted to do in UkraineHe’s Exhibit A on why billionaire wealth should be taxed, why we must get big money out of politics, why billionaires shouldn’t be allowed…
Can Democrats Win Back Labor?
Sherrod Brown, who built his career as an avatar of blue-collar frustration, lost his Senate seat as more and more working-class voters defected to Trump. Now he is looking for a comeback.