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J.D. Vance Says “If That Leads to the End Times, OK.” What Should Americans Make of That? — Is America Better Yet?
By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? There are statements from political leaders that can be explained away as a poor choice of words. There are others that deserve to be heard exactly as they were spoken. Vice President J.D. Vance recently made one of those. During a long
1,000 Federal Election Monitors Are Planned for November. What Will They Actually Be Allowed to Do? — Is America Better Yet?
The Justice Department plans roughly 1,000 federal election monitors for November. Here is who they are, what authority they have — and what voters should know before entering a polling place.
Trump Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Let New Mail-Ballot Rules Take Effect — Is America Better Yet?
The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to let new Postal Service mail-ballot rules take effect. Ballots are already going out, while a required federal portal was not yet operational.
When Government Power Meets the Body, the Water Tap and the Press — Is America Better Yet?
An ICE hunger striker, Jackson families exposed to contaminated water and fired Stars and Stripes journalists confront the same hard question: what happens when government power outruns the rights people can actually enforce?