By Ryan Grieser and Lylee Gibbs >> As a teen in St. Louis, Gabriel Dickerson said his life had veered off course. He was trapped in a cycle of bad choices and was in trouble. In December of 2021, at the suggestion of an associate, Dickerson attended a Saturday service in Cairo, a small town
By Emily Ramirez >> For a century, Wisconsin has been a swing state in American politics, basically up for grabs to either a Democrat or a Republican running for president. Kenosha County in southeastern Wisconsin, less than an hour north of solidly blue Chicago, has reflected that same division in the past three presidential elections.
By Nathan Bieneman >> The Trump campaign has aggressively pursued a strategy of podcast appearances in the last weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election in an effort to appeal to young men ages 18 to 24, a voting bloc that consistently has the lowest rate of voter turnout. According to the Center for
By Emmy Berger >> In just over 48 hours in early October, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Young Democrats put together a canvassing event to register new voters. It was just days ahead of the Oct. 11 voter registration deadline, and there was an urgency to their actions. As in other swing states,
By Noah Beaumont >> Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making their last gambits in swing states like Michigan where youth voter registration is high. As in other battleground states, the election here could come down to young voter turnout. The presidential race is in a statistical tie heading into the
