Exactly two weeks before the general election, on October 22nd, a group of volunteers from the Vote in NYC Jails Coalition held a rally in front of City Hall. The Coalition, made of voting rights attorneys, formerly incarcerated people, and advocates from different organizations dedicated
Robert Rose III was released from Sing Sing Prison on October 2, 2019. Three days later, he registered to vote at the DMV. The next week, he got his voting card in the mail. When election day arrived, Rose, now 51, was one of the first
On November 5, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to pray, party or simply partake in a communal moment of pause, all in an effort to alleviate election day anxiety in a year rife with uncertainty. The Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy — located
Like everywhere across the United States, people in Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania display yard signs to make clear which candidates they favor. Some are funny, others are straight-forward. Many use inflammatory words to attack one candidate and support the other. One sign in Nicholson made many passersby
Pharmacy Benefit Managers are known to invest heavily in lobbying at the federal level. But as local elections heat up along with the presidential race, PBMs - the insurance middlemen who process prescription claims - are also pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars in New York
Clad in glittery black shirts and wide-brimmed cowboy hats, the sisters Jennifer and Alayna Degollado, of the band Control, took the stage in Charlotte, North Carolina a few weeks ago to play Mexican cumbias in front of tens of thousands of people. Part of the
The astrologer Helena Woods encourages her roughly 34,000 YouTube subscribers and 28,000 TikTok followers to “create a magical life in places you love" in posts that address ordinary stresses like moving house or seeking romance. But as election day draws near, Woods – like other readers
