With a white mother from Spain and Black father of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, Odalys Vargas, 23, has a unique understanding of how difficult it is to define her political identity as a Latinx American. My mom, although shes a liberal European, is still white and she didnt want…

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WASHINGTON  In the early days of the 2020 Democratic primaries, former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign began polling to learn why their candidate was struggling to gain traction with Hispanic voters, in comparison to primary rivals like Bernie Sanders. Their data found that many Hispanics knew little about Biden remembering…

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In a turbulent and unforgettable year, roiled by the coronavirus, a racial reckoning and all kinds of economic fallout, fashion soldiered on. We picked 20 (well, technically 21) individuals who stood out. Here’s why: Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer, Amazon Inc.: Because Amazon was ready when COVID-19 supercharged e-commerce. Because…

Holmes has almost no chance of winning. In a way, thats exactly his point. Im trying to make the entire constituency of this Commonwealth aware that we cant just have another back-room deal where the decisions are made to have the next speaker in place and probably the next Speaker,…

This is not a prediction about 2021 as much as it is a call for what must come in the “after” we’ve all been waiting for some of us longer than others. After 45. After the pandemic. After the uprisings. Now that this consequential year has definitively denuded the unsustainability…

Among the many lessons learned in this years election, one standout is that Latino voter turnout showed the power of extensive, culturally competent voter education and outreach. And in Georgia, we will soon discover whether progressive candidates have learned these lessons well enough to prevail again. Two critical U.S. Senate…

At least a few times a year, a pay-TV provider and a TV network owner reach an impasse over how much money the provider should pay the network to carry the latters linear channels. These stand-offs are likely to become more common in the coming years, with smaller TV networks…