2020 election
Where Things Stand: Choosing Between Covering A Sitting POTUS And Reporters’ Health 
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10.13.20 | 1:01 pm
The nation’s top news outlets are no strangers to the task of weighing how to cover this unprecedented president. Over the last few years, they’ve wrestled with how to avoid both-siderism, what to do with his distraction techniques, and whether or not to fact-check the blustering, evidence-free speaker.
But now newsroom leaders are facing a new challenge with President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: How do they justify risking reporters’ lives in order to cover the public health-defying campaign?
Efforts To Make Pandemic Voting Easier Run Into A SCOTUS Buzzsaw
This Week in Voting Rights: A weekly roundup of news on Americans' access to the ballot box.
10.12.20 | 1:25 pm
DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors To Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-Standing Policy
In an internal announcement, the Justice Department created an exception to a decadeslong policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect the outcome of the vote.
10.07.20 | 1:22 pm
Where Things Stand: A Real Debate This Time?
10.07.20 | 12:58 pm
There’s already been some spicy commentary from both the Pence and Harris teams about respect for COVID-19 rules in tonight’s debate. And some weak plexiglass concession from the vice president’s side.
