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Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Amid mounting fears of voter intimidation and political violence on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, federal officials on Monday announced plans to monitor polls in 64 communities across two dozen states. “Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder More than 42 million Americans by mid-afternoon on Monday had gotten a jump start on Tuesday’s midterm elections, casting their votes through mail-in ballots or by heading to in-person early voting centers. The United States Election Project’s data showed a significant number of voters continue to prefer voting …

Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris warned that issues of “heart and home” are under attack in America in a BET special conversation on reproductive rights moderated by The 19th’s editor-at-large, Errin Haines, at Howard University ahead of the midterms. Harris spoke at Howard, her …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News Next week’s election offers a now-familiar story for Georgia voters in this new battleground state: an expensive Senate contest with expected close margins and outsized national importance that could decide which party controls the upper chamber. But unlike the 2020 races that were resolved in January …

Jon Queally, Common Dreams Progressive leaders and Democratic Party supporters are raising last-minute alarms over the unparalleled catastrophe that would result if the Republican Party—an organization many see as a creeping fascist force in the United States and on the world stage—manages to win control of one or both chambers …

Karen Figueroa-Clewett, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Leer in español With the general election drawing close, it’s important to know your rights in case your vote is challenged. The best way to ensure that your vote is counted is to advocate for yourself. I’m a civil rights …

Riley Bunch, GPB News Millions of Georgians have already cast ballots in a gubernatorial rematch four years in the making between Republican Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. Both candidates hit the campaign trail running in the final stretch before Election Day to rally their base in hopes …

Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Barack Obama was in vintage form during a rally here on Saturday, as he urged a crowd of hundreds to cast their votes for Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate. “This election requires every single one of us to do our …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Members of Congress who contested the 2020 election results admitted behind closed doors that they know their cause is false, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, said on his podcast published Wednesday, offering his sternest rebuke yet of his party’s rejection of President Joe Biden’s win. …

President Joe Biden on Friday accused the Republican leadership of “rooting for a recession” after new Labor Department figures showed the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, more than analysts expected but down slightly from the previous month. “Today’s jobs report—adding 261,000 jobs with the unemployment rate still at …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night signaled to his supporters in Sioux City, Iowa that he’s close to making an announcement about the 2024 election, as his advisers are reportedly preparing for a campaign launch days after the midterms. As Axios reported Friday, Trump’s aides …

A New York judge on Thursday granted the state Attorney General Letitia James‘ request for an independent monitor to supervise the businesses of former President Donald Trump, who is a defendant in a fraud lawsuit recently filed by James. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued an order approving James’ …

Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico President Joe Biden’s appearance at Central New Mexico Community College focused on student debt relief and gave the state’s Democratic leaders a chance to boast about new educational opportunities offered to students from preschool up to college. “New Mexico is seen as one of the …

Casey Quinlan, Florida Phoenix The Federal Reserve has announced that in its continuing efforts to tamp down inflation, it would raise interest rates yet again by another three-quarters of a point to a target range of 3.75 to 4%. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference following …

Email conversations published Wednesday by Politico reveal that former President Donald Trump’s legal team saw U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their most promising chance to prevent congressional certification of President Joe Biden‘s 2020 victory. A federal judge recently ordered former Trump lawyer John Eastman, the architect of the …