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America Decides, 2020: The Electoral College, Explained
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Exciting Announcements on National Voter Registration Day
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At Least 8.7 Million Americans at Risk of Losing $1,200 Stimulus Checks
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Google to Ban Controversial Stalkerware Apps
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Does Your School Rate? The Top Voting Campuses in the US
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Claims of Medical Abuse of ICE Inmates in Georgia Prompt Outrage
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Warrior Until the End
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Breath by Breath: Living by the AQI in San Francisco Bay
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Earthquake ‘Hack’ Reveals Scale of Ocean Warming
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COVID-19 May Severely Reduce Voter Turnout on College Campuses
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Online Learning’s Toll on Kids’ Privacy
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World Isn’t Meeting Biodiversity Goals, UN Report Finds
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Detroit Gears Up for Record Mail-in Vote
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Less than 50 Days Until the Next Presidential Election
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Media Often Does More Harm Than Good in Covering Elections
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Voting Rights Dashed for Ex-Felons in Key Battleground State
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Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired for Top Role at NOAA
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upends Mailing of Absentee Ballots
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The Last Hurrah?
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Title IX Lawsuit May Create More Problems than It Solves
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Georgia Elections Chief Accused of Voter Intimidation
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Twitter Expands Misinformation Rules Ahead of US Election
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Think 2020’s Disasters Are Wild? Experts See Worse to Come
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America Decides 2020: Provisional Voting, Explained
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The Trump Administration Began Scaling Back the Census Count. A Judge Stopped it — for Now
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Another COVID-19 Side Effect: Less Competition, Higher Prices
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Please, Don’t Commit a Felony by Voting Twice
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‘Wrong-Way’ Migrations Stop Shellfish From Escaping Ocean Warming
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Labor Day: Art from the Great Depression
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COVID-19 Is Dividing the American Worker
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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Paid to Serve You Lies
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Trump’s Department of Voter Suppression
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Apple, Google to Allow COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Without App
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Fox News — A Fair and Balanced Look
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Trump to Push Hard Line to Oregon Voters in November
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Uncharted Territory: Teaching Special Ed Amid COVID-19
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What Climate Change Does to the Human Body
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For Poisoned Critics of the Kremlin, Cure is a Healthy Dose of Lies
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Good Tuesday Afternoon, and Happy Election Day!
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Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents May Not Be Able to Vote in November Because of the Pandemic
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To Save This Palm-Filled Paradise, Biologists Must Kill the Trees
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Hurricanes Rage While the RNC Ignores Climate Change
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