The headlines—that an 80-year-old Ed Markey defeated a 47-year-old Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary—sound like a story about age and vigor. They are not.
By Grant Colby ·
The news, reported by multiple outlets—from DW detailing his passing at 84, to Al Jazeera confirming it for those tracking international justice—is not a tragedy, nor is it even a victory.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The perennial struggle over who controls the levers of power—the very mechanism that defines modern politics—was laid bare this week in Alaska.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
The sheer volume of water—rain, surge, sediment—is always the story in Hawaii when Lala approaches.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The moment an election is called by the Associated Press, the ledger closes. It’s simple arithmetic, really—a matter of counting votes and assigning responsibility.
By Imani Sutton ·
You read about it, and you think, "This has got to be satire." But when I look at the reporting—at abcnews.com detailing this special election in Clacton-on-Sea, or reading…
By Josie Calloway ·
The ledger sheets for Trump Media & Technology Group tell a familiar story—a tale of massive losses and even more massive hubris.
By Grant Colby ·
The American primary, by its nature, is meant to be an exercise in democratic selection, but what unfolded in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District feels less like governance and…
By Elena Rossi ·
The arithmetic of American political power is rarely simple; it is always a ledger book where one side pays the interest for the other's debt.
By Emilio Quesada ·
You read the reports—the ones detailing measles cases popping up at St. Luke’s Hospital and across Lehigh County—and you feel that familiar, deep ache of outrage.
By Josie Calloway ·
The most profound victories for American democracy are rarely achieved in the grand halls of power; they are won in the messy, exhausting arithmetic of primaries.
By Elena Rossi ·
They want you looking at the scandal.
By Alma Cordero ·