Voter turnout in Arkansas' primary Tuesday surged to the highest level in a midterm election since the 2010 primary, records in the secretary of state's office show.
Traces: Women Artists in the Collection July 16-September 3, 2021
July 16-September 3, 2021
Schneider Hall Galleries
The Hite Art Institute is excited to announce
Traces: Women Artists in the Collection. Exploring concepts of memory and nostalgia, Traces examines our desire to reflect on the past as well as our longing for unrealized futures. At times moody and haunting and in others optimistic and charming, the work on view all relates to ways we recall our histories both personal and collective, the ways we reinterpret our own memories and how this can create a mourning for what could have been.
The idea of longing for lost futures feels especially relevant today when we consider the troubling events that have culminated within the last few years paired with our ongoing battles with climate change and political turmoil. But even in the best of times it is easy to look upon the past with a false fondness or as a way of attempting to und
Five things to watch in the District 24 special
It’s finally here – the first New York City election of 2021 and the first of the ranked-choice voting era – and even if you’ve never heard the word Pomonok, the Council District 24 special election in Eastern Queens could set the tone for this whole season. Here are five burning questions we’ll be looking to answer once the polls close at 9 p.m.
How many voters will rank?
In San Francisco’s first ranked-choice voting election in 2004, nearly a quarter of voters said they only voted for one candidate and didn’t rank – and that was after an $800,000 outreach campaign. Conventional wisdom says that fewer voters ranking would be good news for James Gennaro, the one white candidate, since six of his competitors of South Asian descent might be targeting the same voters. Another question – given the snow and the cold and the lackluster early voting numbers – is how many people will vote at all.