Though we’ve known for four years that the 2020 US election cycle would be even more fraught than the strange and painful fall of the 2016 elections, most of us still find ourselves a little disoriented these days. For some, the urgency to remove Trump from office has immobilized us.…

The divisiveness the racial divide it has motivated people of color, I think, Belinda George, a local resident, said. People have seen the consequences of sitting out. Theyve seen whats going on. The region, which includes a number of the states mostly heavily Black counties, can sometimes be overlooked because…

Emily Raboteau COUNTING DOWN, Union Square, Manhattan, October 12, 2020; featuring Mikael Awake Mik and I meet in driving rain under the Climate Clock bordering Union Square. How can we not dwell on doomsday? We’re drenched by the remnants of Delta, the first hurricane named for a letter of the…

In an episode of Saturday Night Livewith more than one musical sketch, the standout wasnt John Mulaneys usual lightly comic Broadway revue, but instead a groovy, 70s-tinged, extremely depressing get out the vote PSA called Strollin. In the song, a group of four Black voters  Crazy Legs Jimmy (Kenan Thompson),…

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Expect to see a lot more of the same if theres a second Trump administration. President Donald Trump has consistently pointed to tax cuts and regulatory relief as key successes of his first four years in office. He has repeatedly pushed for the end of the Obama-era health law but…

More than 1 million mail-in ballots could be rejected in the 2020 election if recent trends hold up, experts say, raising fears that the rejections could swing close races. Mail-in ballots have been rejected at around a 1% rate in recent years, though 2020 is expected to be on the higher end…

Billboard asked artists and executives about the importance voting this year. From Halsey to DJ Khaled, Nelly, Phillipa Soo, Mary Chapin Carpenter and more, here’s what everyone had to say: Fabio Acosta, founder, Vibras Lab: “This marks the first time that Latinos will be the largest racial or ethnic minority in…

Early on in the campaign, we started breaking our creative efforts into markets and regions, says Joel Maysonet, director of Latino paid media for the Biden campaign. When we talk about music, we obviously want to make sure that were not airing a full salsa ad in Nevada that might…

It is impossible to accurately describe how confounding the White Sox hiring of Tony La Russa as manager is. That adjective is not even close to properly illustrating the shock, confusion, and anger of just about anyone around the club today. Its like staring at a car crash, but both…