Campaigns & Elections

Democratic presidential candidates Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren pose before the start of the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk - HP1EFAG00N578

Automation isn’t the only trend affecting workers, but that’s no reason to ignore the threat

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Monday, October 21, 2019

A man reads a local newspaper displaying pictures of two candidates for the second round of Tunisia's presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1B2D4B94C0

Africa in the news: Tunisia and Mozambique vote, Nigeria closes borders, and Kenya opens new railway

Christina Golubski

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Twelve Democratic presidential candidates participate in the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - HP1EFAG066F9T

Policy 2020, your guide to the presidential election

David Wessel, Elaine Kamarck, and Stuart M. Butler

Friday, October 18, 2019

Gergely Karacsony, opposition parties' candidate delivers a statement after his victory after being elected Mayor of Budapest, defeating the ruling party incumbent Istvan Tarlos in Budapest, Hungary, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - RC1B7E072940

Is the tide turning against right-wing populism and nationalism in Central Europe?

Christopher Maroshegyi and Molly Montgomery

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden listen during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - HP1EFAG05F29M

Democratic debate winners: voters, campaigns, and democracy

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Graduates are seen before actor Chadwick Boseman addresses the 150th commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, U.S. May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC18328A8330

Free college won’t be enough to prepare Americans for the future of work

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Supplies are seen in an operating room at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 13, 2019. Picture taken May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rosem Morton - RC1222F01D90

What would the 2020 candidates’ proposals mean for health care coverage?

Christen Linke Young and Matthew Fiedler

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

North Carolina Electoral College representatives sign the Certificates of Vote after they all cast their ballots for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the State Capitol building in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC12F8CC65F0

It’s time to abolish the Electoral College

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Ardana McFerren sweeps leafs outside of her home in the historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago November 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the designation of the Pullman neighborhood as a national park on February 19, according to park advocates. The neighborhood's brick homes and ornate public buildings were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeper car factory. Picture taken November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - TM3EABN1EN701

America’s formerly redlined neighborhoods have changed, and so must solutions to rectify them

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Monday, October 14, 2019

Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019. Picture taken September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller - RC12B8679450

On Indigenous Peoples Day, new ideas for American Indian land rights

Monday, October 14, 2019