A group of nervous and excited volunteers lined up on Greenwich Street in Tribeca around 8 a.m. on a chilly October morning. As they loaded three busses carrying boxed lunches, the volunteers looked united, wearing “Harris/Walz” blue and white t-shirts for a canvassing trip to
Amanda Mobley recently headed to The Forum in Harlem to cast her ballot in the 2024 election, expecting to wait in line. “I came with a podcast because I thought there was gonna be a long line,” said the 38-year-old writer and actress. “So I was
In the West Bronx, visible signs of the increasingly intense presidential campaign are scarce. On a recent Sunday, with early voting underway, New Yorkers in the reliably Democratic neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Riverdale said they cast their ballots with a heightened sense of urgency. “Democracy is
Ever since fleeing Honduras for the United States five years ago with her two children in tow, Gule R. has applied five times for a fee waiver for her work permit application in an attempt to provide for her family. “They denied my work permit because
In 2018, then-President Trump announced a 10 to 25% tariff on many products from China, ranging from lighting fixtures to shoes. Today, tariffs have become a focal point of his election campaign. Earlier this year, when asked on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” about his plan for
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