Measuring College (Un)affordability
As many as 95 percent of schools are out of reach for low-income students.
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Bettmann / CORBIS When Jackie Robinson Confronted a Trump-Like Candidate
At its core, Barry Goldwater’s campaign threatened blacks’ ability to fully engage in a two-party system.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters Will a Cable-Box-Free Future Be Worse for Minority Americans?
The FCC will vote February 18 on a plan that would open the cable-box market to companies like Apple, Tivo, Roku, and Google.
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Tony Gentile/Reuters An American Hijab at the Olympics
Ibtihaj Muhammad, a fencer, will make history when she competes at the Rio games.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters How Toyota May Have Started Overcharging Minority Customers
The practice that allowed the car dealer to charge black, Pacific Islander, and Asian borrowers more is called “dealer markup.”
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Welcome to the Next America
That the United States is losing its ethnic majority is now a familiar fact. The Census Bureau still dutifully updates…
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not seen The Frustrations of Divided Government Play Out in Iowa Races
Voters don’t agree on the country’s biggest problems, never mind the solutions.
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AP Photo/Lance Iversen For Trump and His Rivals, The Race to Iowa Is Strictly a Numbers Game
With days to go before the first two primaries, the leading GOP candidate’s fate may come down to poll margins.
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AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Two Versions of America Emerge in the Presidential Campaign
Race, religion, and ethnicity divide the country between what it was and what it is becoming.
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AP Photo/Matt Rourke These Voters Could Decide GOP Race
Blue-collar cultural conservatives loom large as a pivotal voting block, especially across the South and Midwest.
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Why Paul Ryan Is Becoming the Counter-Trump
The new speaker offers the clearest contrast to the presidential front-runner’s confrontational vision of the Republican future.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters 6 Questions That May Decide the 2016 Election
Some important unknown answers loom large over an already contentious and historic presidential campaign.
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Scott Morgan / Reuters Why the "Trump Gap" Is Growing
The fiery GOP candidate generates strong emotions in support and opposition, which presents Republicans with a dilemma.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Obama’s Gun-Control Move Reflects Major Cultural Shift Among Voters
Leading up to the election, parties are likely to take stronger stands amid shifting, and at times opposing, voter bases.
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AP Photo/Nati Harnik Opposing Political Views Emerge in Face of Real, Imagined Threats
In the U.S. and Europe, two factions duel on immigration, Muslims, and nation-building.
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AP Photos/John Locher/Paul Sancya/Carlos Osorio These States Could Pick the GOP Nominee, Each for Different Reasons
More than ever before, the Republican race hinges on geography and demography.
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AP Photo/J. David Ake Facts, R.I.P.
An obituary for a magazine and for the capital it chronicled, which once prized evidence over ideology.
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AP Photo/Evan Vucci On ISIS, Obama Should Follow His Approach on Carbon
There's a need to separate the long-term challenge from the immediate imperative to disrupt the organization.
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AP Photo/Nati Harnik How Voters Think Clinton and Trump Are Similar
In new national survey, voters see similarities in their strengths—and weaknesses.
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AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps Republicans May Face Three-Way Fight for Nomination
As its coalition evolves, the GOP presidential nomination fight could fracture between more candidates than usual.
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AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic Refugees Want What You Want: A Life Free From Terror
