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State Clemency Official to Black Applicant: How Many Kids Do You Have? By How Many Different Mothers?
About 1.7 million people in Florida cannot vote. Amendment 4 on the November ballot might change that. Erwin Jones, an African-American man, was standing before the governor and Cabinet on June 14 when Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy...
Twitter Won't Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS Because It'd Have to Ban Some GOP Politicians Too
A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
More people are dying on L.A.’s streets despite a push to eliminate traffic fatalities
Three years ago, Mayor Eric Garcetti launched Vision Zero, an initiative to eliminate fatal traffic collisions. Since then, such crashes on L.A.’s 7,500-mile street network have risen 32%. The last two years have seen a modest decline in deaths, but...
Tennessee’s Vengeful Lawmakers
After enormous black turnout in the 2018 midterms, Republicans are advancing a bill that would penalize voter registration drives.
Judge rules Virginia Beach council can factor in sea level rise when deciding on new developments
“The City Council has the responsibility to look to the future,” deputy city attorney Chris Boynton said in court.
Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary
The success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation
Removing Parking Minimums: Lessons Learned and How to Pitch the Idea to Elected Officials
John Reuter—board member at Strong Towns and former councilperson at the City of Sandpoint, Idaho—shares his insights in how you can propose eliminating parking minimums in your town—including how to tell a compelling story, how to find data that...
Twitter Is Not America
A new Pew study finds a gulf between the general population and Twitter users.
The teacher weekly wage penalty hit 21.4 percent in 2018, a record high: Trends in the teacher wage and compensation penalties through 2018
In 2018, teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Colorado raised the profile of deteriorating teacher pay as a critical public policy issue. The deepening teacher wage and compensation penalty over the...
Lobbyist’s crusade to change Title IX in Missouri stems from his son’s expulsion
Richard McIntosh, a lobbyist, decided to change Title IX in Missouri after his son was expelled from Washington University through an internal hearing process that handles complaints of sexual violence.
Church seeks to build housing for those with developmental disabilities
Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church wants to rezone its 0.76-acre parcel in Charlottesville's Belmont neighborhood to create Rachel’s Haven, a 15-unit apartment building that would house people with developmental disabilities.
Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to Hold Closed-Door Meeting With President Trump
The meeting will last 30 minutes, and touch on "the health of the public conversation on Twitter," according to an internal Twitter email obtained by Motherboard.
The Problem With ‘Electability’
Welcome to Secret Identity, our regular column on identity and its role in politics and policy. The last edition of this column, describing both the potential p…
Only The Female Candidates Were Asked About Sexism At CNN's Presidential Town Hall
But all presidents have to grapple with these issues -- not just women.
Highlights From 5 Candidates at CNN Town Halls
Bernie Sanders backed voting rights for people now in jail, including the Boston Marathon bomber, while Pete Buttigieg disagreed and Kamala Harris said, “I think we should have that conversation.”
Hi! I’m James Bennet, Opinion Editor for The New York Times, here to answer your questions about The Times' monthslong Privacy Project. Ask Me Anything about my role at The Times or the project.
We're taking a close look at the new powers that companies and governments are gaining to follow people across the internet and around the world,...
Chadwick Boseman and the Russo Brothers Reunite for 21 Bridges - IGN First
Check out this exclusive image and trailer tease for the upcoming cop thriller.
Endorsement: Sally Hudson for Virginia House of Delegates (57th District)
Looking at Virginia's 100 House of Delegates districts, they range from "bright-red" Republican to "deep-blue" Democratic and everything in between. One of the deepest-blue districts is HD57 (Charlott
Dear Jim: An Appeal from the Students of the Newcomb Hall Third-floor Service Desk
Dear President Ryan,