Six hours before AP called the US presidential election for Donald Trump, the Dutch artist Frank de Ruwe—who goes by the name Frankey – was in New York’s Times Square, working to sow unity among American voters. At 11:00 pm on election night, Frankey stood amid
At 9:00 pm on November 5, 2024, a team of Columbia Journalism student journalists aired a live broadcast with election news from around the city. We also had reporters in Times Square, Staten Island, Washington DC. and more. https://www.youtube.com/live/AIsUbp5EgXQ
“For me, race does not matter,” said 36-year-old Ankit Patel. “It doesn't matter which background or race you come from. The important thing is you have to stand for your citizens.” Kamala Harris is an American of Indian-Jamaican descent, and her vice presidency garnered exciting headlines
SCRANTON, PA — On Tuesday morning, students rushed to class at Lackawanna College in Pennsylvania after casting their votes in a tight race for president. A lonely Trump flag, a Harris billboard and several small white, blue and red stickers on shirt pockets signal a
SCRANTON, PA - At 10:00 in the morning on November 5, no one walked along the sidewalk. A crew performed work atop the roof of the house next door, and cars sometimes passed by, but otherwise, activity was limited around Joe Biden’s Scranton, PA childhood
SCRANTON, PA - Just north of Whittier Elementary School in Scranton, where voters queued on Election Day, lay the old train tracks that once powered the region's economy. On a summer day, you can still hear the whistle, feel the ground vibrate, and see a
SCRANTON, PA - Treb Cacao is a first-time voter and a student at the Scranton High school, which served as a polling location for the elections. Cacao, 18, and his friends set up a table at the entrance of the school to raise funds to attend
SCRANTON, PA - Election day seemed like a usual quiet workday in this city with a population of 76,000. There was little traffic on the streets. Outside Scranton High School, one of the major polling stations in town, voters come and went one after another. Glen
At a Trump rally in Long Island in September, an elderly woman who was born in Japan held a sign that read “Trump Chosen By God.” Next to her, a younger Japanese woman handed out fliers for an organization called “Japanese Americans for Trump.” They
Four days before the U.S. presidential election, three Ukrainian activists gathered at a stranded fence in New York City’s East Village to hang an expansive information poster. “19546+ Ukrainian Children Abducted by Russia,” reads its headline in bold. From a black canvas, white letters jump
Proposal 1 has ignited contentious debate across New York State.
