Prospect Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley’s Best of 2020
Elections
Posted inPolitics
Standing Up for the Most Vulnerable
Prospect Writing Fellow Marcia Brown’s Best of 2020
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Difficult Road to the Franchise in Florida
Returning citizens who want their voting rights reinstated face expensive, time-consuming hurdles. Two men tell their stories.
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The Pivotal Figures Who May Decide the Election
Secretaries of state and other elections officials can restrict voting—or make it more inclusive.
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Gideon’s Got Game
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon faces off against Susan Collins in November, in the state’s most expensive election ever, and with control of the Senate at stake.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
For the Mayor of Washington, Black Lives Matter; Defunding the Police Does Not
Mayor Muriel Bowser checked the president. Now city residents move to checkmate the mayor on a police budget increase.
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Next Generation Voters
Getting more young people to vote means getting the hurdles out of the way.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
From Virtue Signaling to Politics
Two new books try to put power back into civic engagement.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israel’s Choice: Deadlock, or a Jewish-Arab Coalition
The nation’s latest election will solve nothing, unless Netanyahu’s opponents finally join forces.
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Maine Dumped Caucuses for Primaries, but COVID-19 Overshadows Super Tuesday Vote
Bernie Sanders is the favorite, but Joe Biden could get a bump out of South Carolina. Meanwhile, as fears about coronavirus outbreaks grow, voters consider repealing vaccination requirements.
