Campaign 2020

Democrats look past Hispanic voters even as they gain power

Hispanic leaders and activists say they feel ignored by 2020 candidates who have spent much of their time focusing on the mostly white states at the top of the nominating calendar.

How Ukraine put Trump and Biden on a collision course

President Trump’s now-infamous July 25 phone call brought into fresh relief the lengths he would go to target Joe Biden, and it forced Biden to discuss a topic he wants to avoid. But the decisions to go after each other came long before.

Why millions of Americans, including men, will get a separate bill for abortion coverage starting in June

The rule change has been praised by antiabortion groups and criticized by insurers, medical organizations and women's health advocates.
Anne Lee leans against a bale of hay after talking about her family farm's money problems.
Anne Lee leans against a bale of hay after talking about her family farm's money problems.
Anne Lee compares prices at Aldi in Binghamton, N.Y. She has a $175 monthly grocery budget for a family of seven.
Anne Lee compares prices at Aldi in Binghamton, N.Y. She has a $175 monthly grocery budget for a family of seven.
Anne Lee calculates the exact cost of her groceries as she puts each item in the cart at Aldi.
Anne Lee calculates the exact cost of her groceries as she puts each item in the cart at Aldi.
 Brooke Lee, 9, and her mother, Anne Lee, read an article about projected milk prices for 2020 during dinner at the family farm.
Brooke Lee, 9, and her mother, Anne Lee, read an article about projected milk prices for 2020 during dinner at the family farm.

‘We can’t even put food on our own table’: A season of need on American farms

Anne Lee would never have considered turning to food stamps and food pantries in 2013, when she and her husband took over the family farm. But that was before years of falling milk prices and the effects of President Trump's trade wars.
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One of the nation’s biggest school systems will let students take time off to protest. The conservative backlash has already begun.

Starting Jan. 27, Fairfax County schools, in Northern Virginia, will permit students in seventh through 12th grades one excused absence each school year for loosely defined “civic engagement activities,” such as marches, sit-ins and lobbying trips to the state capital.

The Altamont Concert, Part 1: Doomed before it even started

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The Rev. Bud Heckman was facing a church trial, the first prominent #MeToo case for the nation’s third-largest religious denomination.
Robert Fox needed $27 for a bus ticket to reunite with a daughter in Virginia. Dozens of people wanted to pay for the trip, but it wasn’t that simple.
Campaign 2020
Analysis
The candidate's message about the meaning of Christmas cut to a debate about something much bigger in Christianity.
Taps, the melancholy bugler’s song played at military funerals, was supposed to be sounded on the base announcement system Thursday at 10 p.m. That didn’t happen.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested earlier in the death of Majors, a college freshman who was fatally stabbed Dec. 11 in what police said was a robbery.
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The multitalented Grammy-winning artist was dubbed “the most interesting woman you’ve never heard of.”
After The Caliphate

A defeated, fragmented ISIS plots its next chapter

Across many parts of the vast territory it once controlled, the Islamic State is scrambling to reassert its presence, and sleeper cells are waiting for orders to attack. The coming months could determine whether ISIS is fatally crippled or poised for a comeback.
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By The Way

Mileage runs are last-minute dashes for airline status. But are they worth it?

In an era of lackluster loyalty programs and concerns over carbon emissions, even onetime fans question the merit.
In Case You Missed It

Number of children swallowing dangerous magnets surges as regulation is blocked

Company officials are leading an effort to prevent injuries through voluntary standards. Critics say that won’t protect kids from powerful magnets that are found in popular desk toys and can shred a child’s intestines.
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