Sabby Robinson

After Congress failed to aid local election offices, a nonprofit provided critical funds — including $350 million from Mark Zuckerberg — that paid for staff, ballot-scanning machines, protective gear, and rental space that helped the presidential election run surprisingly smoothly.

The critical swing state that had a disastrous April primary endures a divisive election with long lines at the polls and battles in the courts — all amid a raging coronavirus outbreak. Yet voter turnout has been surging.

Election officials in cities across the country had ballots delayed or go missing in the mail.  

An audio documentary from APM Reports.

An audio documentary from APM Reports.

Editor-in-chief of The Hechinger Report, Liz Willen, shares what she's heard from high school seniors who are feeling anxious and overwhelmed as they face pandemic-fueled challenges.

Delece Smith-Barrow of The Hechinger Report shares some hopeful stories about education during the pandemic.

Unlike protesters at many universities, activists at Harvard seek social justice reforms beyond campus.