Elections

lori lightfoot
Ahead of a crowded Feb. 28 election, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been forced to go on the defensive in…
/ January 22, 2023
A 39-year-old felon who overwhelmingly lost a bid for the New Mexico statehouse as a Republican paid for four men…
/ January 18, 2023
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, thegrio.com
The House of Representatives struggled to choose a Speaker. That's just a preview of what we'll get over and over…
/ January 12, 2023
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and…
/ January 9, 2023
George Santos faces a spiral of probes from federal and local prosecutors into his campaign spending and an array of…
/ January 4, 2023
Republicans failed to elect a speaker after Kevin McCarthy could not overcome opposition from his party's right flank.
/ January 4, 2023
Election officials confirmed erroneous votes had been cast in the wrong races in Nashville since early voting began.
/ December 31, 2022
State lawmakers introduced thousands of bills to change voting laws after the 2020 presidential election.
/ December 31, 2022
Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening their staff failed…
/ December 27, 2022
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected as the leader of the ruling African National Congress party.
/ December 20, 2022
One of the reasons Congress doesn’t look like America is our political system isn't designed for non-wealthy and non-white Americans.
/ December 19, 2022
Somalis leave drought-stricken area, theGrio.com
Problems brewed thousands of miles away — climate change and the war in Ukraine — have been devastating to the…
/ December 16, 2022