Politics & Democracy

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VP Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris are the next president and vice president of the United States

After an “Election Day” that spanned nearly an entire workweek as states counted unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris have been elected president and vice president of the United States, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The

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By: Prism Team

Workers’ rights, racial justice, and more were on the ballot this year. Here’s where voters stood.

While much remains uncertain about the results of this year’s election, across the country results have begun to roll in on key down-ballot races and ballot initiatives that addressed some of the most major issues facing the United States. As Prism previously reported, affirmative action, criminal justice reforms,

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By: Prism Staff

Police violence in North Carolina follows 150 years of suppressing the Black vote

Melanie Mitchell says that when the police began pepper spraying the ground near her and her children’s feet, her five-year-old daughter was the first to feel the effect. The young child, terrified, took off running across the road. Mitchell’s 11-year-old daughter felt the effects

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By: Jack Herrera

Here’s what Election Day looked like in six different states

Here at Prism, we’re not just journalists—we’re citizens. Like the rest of the country, we’re living, writing, and voting in this election with a mix of anxiousness, impatience, hope, and awe at the work of volunteers, advocates, organizers, activists, and ordinary people who have brought the

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By: Caitlin Gaffin

People-powered organizing in Arizona can create lasting change

When I was in the second grade, my best friend’s dad, an undocumented immigrant, was picked up by ICE as we headed home after a long day of school. Ironically, I recall learning about the Founding Fathers that day, yet the American values we were taught and the Pledge

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By: Irene Franco Rubio

I’m a first-time poll worker, and I’m scared for my safety for several reasons

I’ve never worked the polls during an election, but I knew this year would be different. While my peers continued to protest on the frontlines, as a new mom with a toddler, I couldn’t do the same things I used to do. NPR reported that finding poll workers

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By: Erika Hardison

How regular people have stopped coups

There has already been a coup this year—not in the United States, but in Mali, where the military deposed the civilian government in August. You may not have heard about it, but this year Malians experienced what Sudanese and Bolivian people experienced in 2019; what the people of Honduras

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By: Jack Herrera

Performers are using their craft as a vehicle for activism

This election cycle has brought massive get-out-the vote efforts and awareness campaigns, but the ones by artists are arguably the most fun and entertaining. Art has never been apolitical, and the last four years have brought a surge in the number of artists using their craft to resist

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By: Carolyn Copeland

LGBTQ Latino voters ‘show up and show out’ for 2020 election

Ahead of the election, a “jota defense” of LGBTQ Latino organizers, activists, drag performers, and culture workers formed to inspire civic engagement in key battleground states, and to remind Latino communities that everyone can play a role in the presidential election—including those who cannot vote because of their immigration

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By: Tina Vásquez

Overseas ballot requests are at record highs, but issues within the system persist

With this year’s historic election amidst a global pandemic and a period of political discourse with the Black Lives Matter movement, voters abroad are trying to make their vote count now more than ever before. The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) reports that there are 2.9 million Americans

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By: Manaal Farooqi

American Muslims are at a pivot point

We are in the midst of a political crisis. That much is clear by the threat of election-related violence and civil unrest that threatens the integrity of our national elections. These events beg questions which get to the heart of any democratic politics: Can Americans trust their elected officials?

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By: Adam Beddawi

We must call forward Indigenous solutions to undo systems holding us all down

Today marks just two days until Election Day. It also marks the beginning of Native American Heritage Month. Both of which represent the consistent erasure of Indigenous voices and our real, lived experiences. This month does not speak to the U.S. government-backed genocide of the past, or even

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By: Krystal Two Bulls

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