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Geolocation data show black voters wait longer to vote
Residents of entirely black neighborhoods waited 29 percent longer to vote and were 74 percent more likely to spend more than 30 minutes.
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On this episode of the Capitalisn’t podcast, Yascha Mounk talks with hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales about recent populist uprisings and the extent to which they threaten liberal democracy.
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Slovakia’s president shares insights from a career in business, philanthropy, and government
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