Politics

power 6/23/2020
Jamaal Bowman’s Campaign Is More Than Exciting He’s a progressive outsider taking on a 73-year-old incumbent — and he could win. But no matter what happens, it feels like something’s shifted.
By Bridget Read

coronavirus 7/7/2020
When Will Schools Reopen? Everything we know about when it will be safe for schools to resume in-person classes — and what it will look like when they do.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

coronavirus 7/6/2020
What Will College Be Like in the Fall? Most universities say they plan to resume in-person classes, but life on campus will be a lot different.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

vandalism 7/6/2020
Frederick Douglass Statue Vandalized Over July 4th Weekend The statue was torn down from its base in a Rochester park and found near the edge of a gorge.
By Claire Lampen

climate crisis 7/6/2020
The Arctic Is On Fire, and We Should all Be Terrified “We always expected the Arctic to change faster than the rest of the globe. But I don’t think anyone expected the changes to happen this fast.”
By Bridget Read

power 7/1/2020
HUD Proposal Cuts Protections for Unhoused Trans People It would allow federally funded, same-sex homeless shelters to make admission determinations based on biological sex.
By Claire Lampen

protests 7/1/2020
What’s Going on in CHOP, the Seattle Occupied Protest Zone? On July 1, police moved to clear out the occupied zone after Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan declared it an “unlawful assembly.”
By Bridget Read

whelp 6/30/2020
Don Jr. Attended a Maskless Mansion Party, Naturally The president’s son and his girlfriend were spotted at a packed Hampton’s party, where basically no one wore a mask for safety.
By Claire Lampen

power 6/30/2020
The Protests Aren’t Stopping Anytime Soon One month into the nationwide uprising against police brutality, protesters have taken over City Hall Park in Manhattan to make their demands heard.
By Bridget Read

crime 6/29/2020
Everything We Know About the Killing of George Floyd All four officers involved in Floyd’s death have now been charged.
By Hannah Gold
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