This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: New York Times
11/5/2020
Times columnist Jamelle Bouie considers why liberal and progressive hopes for a decisive victory failed to materialize; a big factor is overconfidence about the political loyalties of an incredibly diverse Latino/a electorate.
Source: TIME
11/3/2020
After a difficult election in 2016 saw a rise in racist bullying and classroom incivility, schools have taken steps to structure more productive conversations about politics and hope that they will help increase civic literacy for high school students.
Source: Vanity Fair
11/2/2020
"The president is said to be not only worried about “existing investigations” but new federal probes into matters we don’t even know about yet."
Source: NPR
11/2/2020
Ultimately, the concession isn't about the losing candidate accepting the loss, it's about their supporters accepting it.
Source: The New Yorker
10/26/2020
Journalists from around the world are reporting on the 2020 Presidential race—and offering perspectives not found in American media coverage.
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
11/3/2020
by Brentin Mock
White suburban women have been important liberal activists since Trump's election, but still face difficulty in creating coalitions with communities of color in metro areas like Pittsburgh where segregation and inequality are rampant.
Source: TIME
11/3/2020
by Barbara Perry
Ted Olson served as counsel to George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount. He offers his advice to any election lawyers who may end up in the Supreme Court this year.
Source: New York Times
11/3/2020
The Times and ProPublica are providing a reporting mechanism for problems with voting or vote suppression locally, as well as for reporting stories about the voting experience across America.
Source: Reuters
11/3/2020
It has been reported that the German banking giant wishes to escape from loans owed by Donald Trump.
Source: New York Times
10/31/2020
The long-serving Secretary of State's new book laments the unwillingness of current leadership to embrace the international cooperation and diplomacy needed to solve the world's largest problems.
Source: NPR
10/31/2020
Election time is a perfect opportunity to help kids build up a foundation of knowledge.
Source: IndieWire
11/2/2020
Rock did not call out any Civil Rights movies by name, although his argument that such films “make racism look very fixable” were the same criticisms thrown at Best Picture winner “Green Book.”
Source: Washington Post
11/2/2020
The rhetoric in the slide show is consistent with “warrior-style” police training, which teaches officers to dehumanize people to act aggressively and forcefully. It also trains officers to approach every encounter with citizens as having a possibility of becoming dangerous or fatal.
Source: CNN
11/2/2020
"The Supreme Court has long recognized that peaceful protesters cannot be held liable for the unintended, unlawful actions of others," said American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Director David Cole.
Source: Washington Post
11/2/2020
“No matter what position you have, in a democracy if you don’t have the right to have your voice heard, you cannot really be considered a full citizen,” Phil Portlock said.
Source: New York Times
10/30/2020
Oakland County, which was solidly red 12 years ago, is solidly blue, becoming a prime example of the changes that are taking place in many of the nation’s suburbs.
Source: The White House
11/2/2020
Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for the establishment of a "1776 Commission" in the Department of Education to aid "local communities reasserting control of how children receive patriotic education in their schools."
Source: New York Times
10/31/2020
Stanford researchers, led by Professor B. Douglas Bernheim, the chairman of the university’s economics department, conducted a regression analysis. They compared the 18 counties where Mr. Trump held rallies with as many as 200 counties with similar demographics and similar trajectories of confirmed COVID-19 cases before the rally date.
Source: New York Times
11/2/2020
Richards are going for Trump, and the much-maligned Karens are 60-40 for Biden.
Source: Vice
11/2/2020
A look at the people who enabled the creation of a far-right sewer of racism and bigotry on the internet.
