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Adela Diaz says the coronavirus pandemic has brought new urgency to her college major in public health.

A young Latina voter in Arizona reflects on the contentious 2020 election

Adela Diaz, an 18-year-old Latina, recalled a tense night on Nov. 3, after she voted in her first US presidential election.

Democrats on stage behind podiums for a debate

Candidates lay out China policy in Democratic debate

Foreign policy
Elizabeth Warren wears a red blazer and speaks with one hand in the air.

Health care reform: The ‘insurance company model’ is flawed, says historian

Elizabeth Warren stands in front of camera and microphones.

Elizabeth Warren decries big money in politics. Her campaign treasurer embodies it.

US politics
A women demanding action by the federal government on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protests with a group in downtown San Diego.

DACA recipients at the center of the spending bill debate in Congress

Conflict
University of Missouri

Big spending on campus: are pricey amenities driving up costs?

Education

If you’ve been on a college campus lately, you might have noticed a few amenities – fancy welcome centers, golf courses, and saunas. Of course, these things cost money and therefore tuition and fees. But are they responsible for rising tuition?

College grads

For Sanders, Warren, it’s time for ‘debt-free college’

Education

The concept of debt-free college attendance is becoming popular with politicians, but critics say it doesn’t make the grade.

GOP hopes candidate Gabriel Gomez can reboot relations with Latinos in Massachusetts

Global Politics

When Senator John Kerry was named U.S. secretary of state, it opened a vacancy in the Senate. Now, with a special election approaching, campaigning is ramping up. The Republicans, seeing how vulnerable they were among Latinos last November, have chosen a candidate who could be straight out of central casting.

Massachusetts Senate candidates call for truce on negative ads

Global Politics

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and likely Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren want to keep negative ads out of their race and they’re trying to reach an agreement to do just that. But before you hold it up as a shining example of fixing what’s wrong with politics, you might look at if it’s really enforceable.

Secretary of State Nomination Could Bring Another Senate Race for Massachusetts

With Senator John Kerry on his way to head up the State Department following a nomination by President Obama, the race is on in Massachusetts to fill the senate seat that he may leave open. The likely front runner: Senator Scott  Brown, who just lost his seat to Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, in the country’s most expensive […]