ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER Circle Thursday, Aug. 12 on your calendar: That’s the date on which the U.S. Census Bureau now says it will release block-level results from the 2020 census — the data that state and local governments use… Continue Reading
Arguably the most important factor in the 2022 midterm elections will be congressional redistricting. Where will each party gain power? Lose power? And will the new districts even be drawn in time for next year’s primaries? Right now, though, the… Continue Reading
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. As cases rise nationwide due to the high number of unvaccinated Americans and the highly transmissible delta variant of the novel coronavirus, many governments and businesses have turned to vaccine mandates as a… Continue Reading
According to local media, when reporters asked House Minority Whip Steve Scalise in the beginning of April when he planned to get a COVID-19 vaccine, he replied, “Soon.” A month later, when asked again, his sense of urgency — or… Continue Reading
In this installment of the Genesis Brand Politics podcast, the crew assesses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political future after a report from the state’s attorney general concluded that he had sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo denied the allegations but… Continue Reading