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What we know about the high, broad turnout in the 2020 election Scott Clement, Daniela Santamarina © Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post Brandon Cousins entertains his 3-year-old daughter, Isabelle, as he and his family wait in line to vote in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Tuesday. Turnout in the 2020 election surged to the highest level of any election in 120 years. Recently released census data shows just how broad the surge in turnout was across demographics: The new data confirms an uptick in voting rates among Americans young and old, male and female and of diffe...

He Bought Health Insurance for Emergencies. Then He Fell Into a $33,601 Trap. ProPublica 2 hrs ago ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the spring of 2019, Cory Dowd suddenly found himself without health insurance for the first time. A self-employed event planner, he had just finished a Peace Corps stint that provided health benefits, but he was still more than a year away from starting a graduate program that would provide coverage through his university. So, like countless others in ...

Robert F. Bukaty / AP The Biden administration says addressing climate change and health inequities are among its top priorities, and it will need to lean heavily on federal scientists to achieve ambitious goals. But decades of underfunding, political interference and systemic race and gender bias have undercut trust among many government scientists and led to a disproportionately white, male workforce. Recent reports by the Government Accountability Office and House Committee on Science, Space and Technology found that the federal government has not done enough to recruit and retain sci...

Climate and health policies rely on scientific expertise. But the federal science workforce has been shaped by decades of political interference, underfunding and race and gender bias.

  Cornell Watson – documentary photographer, created the award winning series, ‘Behind the Mask’., created the award winning series, ‘Behind the Mask’. Topics: