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Donald Trump’s Favorite Candidates Had a Pretty Bad Election Night

 The former president was reportedly “livid" about all the losses.

What Midterm Results Spell for LGBTQ+ Rights So Far

LGBTQ+ people had some incredible wins, though quite a few candidates running on anti-LGBTQ+ platforms won too.

Forget Red vs. Blue: The Progressive Youth Wave Wins 2022

With candidates like Summer Lee, John Fetterman, and Maxwell Frost, and policy gains on abortion and more.

You Should Thank Gen Z for Preventing a Red Wave

Young voters turned out in a major way in the 2022 midterms.

The 2022 Midterms Cycle Saw Many Historic Firsts

Including wins for the first Gen Z member of Congress and first openly lesbian governor.

6 Teens on What It Was Like to Vote for the First Time

“I’ve been talking about it for so long!”

Election Deniers are Making for Messy Midterms

From Arizona to North Carolina, the GOP is trying to undermine what little democracy we have.

These Are the 5 Closest Senate Races in the 2022 Midterm Elections

There will be some nail-biters.
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Private Citizens With Guns Are Surveilling Ballot Boxes in Arizona

Some also reportedly filmed voters, and recorded their license plate information. 

How Gen Z Candidates Deal With the Hardest Part of Campaigning

The system is “biased against basically everyone but rich, old, white men."

Our State Lawmakers Tried to Block College Students From Voting

The reason? “They said college students tend to be liberal.”

This Dull-Sounding Electoral Practice Fuels Mass Incarceration

“Prison gerrymandering” is a major issue.

What the Midterms Actually Are — And Why They Matter

They provide voters with the opportunity to change the party in power.

Inside One of the Races That Will Decide Control of the Senate

Arizona’s Mark Kelly says we have to stop treating politics like sports.

I Was North Dakota’s Last Abortion Provider

For the past 20 years, the Red River Women’s Clinic was the state’s only abortion provider.

These Elected Officials Have Way More Power Than You Think

Secretaries of state have a huge impact on whose vote counts.

Beto O’Rourke Warns What a Third Greg Abbott Term Could Look Like

“It’ll just be a bullet train to the extreme edge of intolerance and hatred.”

Imagine If There Were More Young People in Office

Congress is one of the oldest on average in recent history. That matters.
UK Politics

The UK's Prime Minister Resigns After Just 45 Days in Office

Conservative leader Liz Truss had the shortest term in the country's history.

John Fetterman Is Here for the Memes — and for Pennsylvania

“It feels like Dr. Oz’s entire campaign platform is that I had a stroke,” Fetterman tells Teen Vogue.