Oprah to Stacey Abrams’ Fans: “Y’all Are About to Make Some History”
Stacey Abrams and Oprah Winfrey onstage in Decatur, GeorgiaKiera Butler Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams may be a draw, but there’s nothing like Oprah to bring out the crowds. And out they came on a rainy Thursday afternoon, huddling under umbrellas outside an auditorium in Decatur, Georgia, to…
In These 5 Races, Climate Change Has Taken Center Stage
Amelia Bates/Grist Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Earlier this fall, the world’s top climate scientists gave humanity about 10 years to avoid a future that really sucks. With the midterm elections right around the corner, that warning means…
Kris Kobach’s Kansas Voter ID Law Could Make Him Governor in a Tight Race
President Donald Trump greets Republican candidate for Kansas governor Kris Kobach during a campaign rally on October 6 in Topeka.Charlie Riedel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jessica Jones, a 32-year-old mother of four from Wichita, Kansas, showed up at her polling place to vote in 2012, 2016, and 2017, but…
Republican Candidates Have No Idea What ActBlue Is
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It would be incorrect, at this point, to call ActBlue Democrats’ secret weapon—there’s nothing secret about it. The Democratic fundraising platform, founded 14 years ago as a way to facilitate small-dollar online giving, has directed more than $1 billion to Democratic candidates this cycle. More…
Tennessee Is Going to Electrocute a Death Row Inmate
Tennessee’s death chamberMark Humphrey/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, 63-year-old Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski will be put to death in the electric chair. The inmate has been on death row for more than 30 years for the 1983 murders of John Dale Dotson and Jimmy Porter…
Trump Is Still Blaming the ‘Far-Left’ Media for America’s Divisiveness
President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he travels to Fort Myers, Fla., for a campaign rally on Oct. 31, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a campaign rally for Florida Republican candidates on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump redoubled his attacks on the media, again claiming the…