Provisional ballots are meant to be a failsafe for voters, who are required to cast them when their eligibility is in question. But such ballots require extra steps to ensure they’re counted, increasing the odds they ultimately won’t be. In Ohio, provisional ballot use is among the highest in the nation, according to data tracked […]

Prepare for a new era of debate over immigration. Should the Democratic-controlled Congress  legalize undocumented workers and revamp the visa system? How will the Biden administration address root causes of Central American migration while meeting U.S. obligations to fairly consider asylum claims?  Organizations pushing to dramatically reduce immigration are already in the thick of it […]

After President Joe Biden revealed his $2 trillion infrastructure plan last month, advocates and historians began to worry how the money would be distributed. The country is still feeling the unequal effects of the last hefty infrastructure bill. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 put the federal government in charge of determining new freeway routes […]

President Joe Biden is pushing to reopen the majority of the nation’s elementary and middle schools for full-time in-person learning by early May, but some families aren’t comfortable sending their children back — and not only because of COVID-19. The rise in anti-Asian bullying, harassment and violence, including the March mass shootings in the Atlanta […]

The pandemic shut down child care centers across the country. It’s no coincidence that it also sent unemployment rates soaring among women, especially those with young children. That’s not only the conclusion of many mothers, but also of a recent study by the Centre for Economic Policy Research. The unusual events of the last year […]