Midterm Elections 2018: Campaigns Enter the Final Stretch
Updates from around the country as candidates make their final pitches to the voters who will help reshape America for the next two years.
The Complex Lives of Nonvoters
While many Americans are enthusiastic about voting in this year’s midterm elections, a majority are unlikely to. Photographer Andrea Bruce traveled the U.S. to find out why people choose to stay home.
Rural America’s Own Private Flint: Polluted Water Too Dangerous to Drink
The lack of clean water is tied to industrial farms and slack regulations tainting wells across the Midwest and beyond.
U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It.
For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism. In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized.
The Election Is on Tuesday. Here Are 15 of Our Best Reads.
Times reporters have been on the road all year, telling the story of America during the 2018 midterm elections. These are the stories that stuck with them.
School District Apologizes for Costumes of Mexican Stereotypes and Border Wall Prop
The superintendent of the Middleton School District in Idaho said he was “deeply disturbed” by the actions of staff members at an elementary school on Halloween. “We are better than this,” he said.
U.S. Soldier Killed in Insider Attack in Afghanistan
The mayor of North Ogden, Utah, was killed, state officials said, after an Afghan commando opened fire in the second insider attack in two weeks.
France Moves To Ban Smartphones In Schools
The French government has banned cellphones in school, fulfilling a promise made by Emmanuel Macron during his presidential campaign. In one middle school, it’s had mixed effects.
Opinion: Lessons From Bosnia
In his essay this week, NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on his time spent covering the war in Bosnia and what we might learn now.
The Delicate Task Of Burying The Tree Of Life Victims
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman of the Jewish burial society that’s been honoring and burying the bodies of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Assessing Claims Of Voter Suppression And Voter Fraud
Democrats claim voter suppression is increasing in states such as Georgia, North Dakota and Florida. University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald talks with NPR’s Scott Simon.
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