by Karli Goldenberg | Dec 22, 2020 | Health, Topics
Monolingual Spanish speakers throughout the Midwest are contracting COVID-19 at a higher rate than their white counterparts. A trifecta of larger senior populations, more residents with chronic health conditions without access to healthcare and having large...
by India Walton | Dec 15, 2020 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – While reports have shown that the Black voter turnout in this year’s presidential election reached a record high, some Black Americans opted out of voting mainly due to lack of connection with the political process and politicians, which is a hallmark for...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Dec 15, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Voting has always been a defining individual American liberty, but whether to exercise that right may, in fact, depend on other people. Laura Ore, a 58-year-old nonvoter from Asheboro, North Carolina, said that she and all of her friends did not...
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by Alicia Diaz and Augusta Saraiva | Dec 15, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Christopher Garcia’s grandparents immigrated from Mexico to California to build opportunities for their family. His mother is politically engaged, working in a local polling place. But the 33-year-old forklift operator said that he will never register to...
by Katie Livingstone | Dec 15, 2020 | Politics
Almost 160 million people voted in 2020, the most in any American election, according to the U.S. Election Project. With an effective turnout rate of 66.7%, about 80 million eligible voters did not cast ballots. In 2016, 60% of Americans voted, a drop from the 62%...
