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While Colorado remains a precarious sanctuary in the midwest, the west coast states have rallied to protect abortion rights

Control of state government hangs in the balance in Minnesota, one of the few Midwest states where Democrats have had the upper hand in recent years

CHICAGO — Big Shoulders Books are free. You can request one. They’ll send you one. You might even be in one. Big Shoulders Books, founded at DePaul University a decade ago, has been one of the more quietly ambitious projects in Midwest journalism, though, in practice, the work is not…

Considering all 62 million Latinos as a group isn’t that helpful in understanding voting patterns

Nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States today are Latino, and “the Latino vote” has attracted significant news coverage as their political voice grows stronger. Yet considering all 62 million Latinos as a group isn’t necessarily all that helpful in understanding attitudes or voting patterns, as some scholars…

Democrat Tim Ryan has long emphasized manufacturing jobs, a stance his party has lately begun to embrace

Winterlike scenes unfolded across portions of the Upper Midwest as many residents woke up to snow. 

The heartland is especially down on every major institution.

The U.S. is a divided country politically, but also temperature-wise — at least right now.