election 2020 Archives

Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote

She Helped Create the Big Lie. Records Suggest She Turned It Into a Big Grift.

by Cassandra Jaramillo June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

A review of thousands of pages of documents paints the picture of True the Vote as an organization that enriches insiders rather than rooting out voter fraud.

Accountability

Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection

by Stan Alcorn November 24, 2021December 3, 2021

“I underestimated how crazy certain people could get.”

Protestors in matching red T-shirts stand on the steps of the Texas Capitol. They hold signs that read: “Don’t mess with Texas voters,” “Black voters matter” and “It’s about us.”

Voting

How the Christian Right Embraced Voter Suppression

by Sarah Posner September 28, 2021September 27, 2021

Abortion isn’t the only victory conservative evangelicals have won in 2021.

Kamala Harris, in a long blue coat, smiles as she holds up her hand to be sworn in as Vice President. Behind her is the US Capitol, decorated with American flags. Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands several feet away, dressed in her judges robe and swearing Harris in.

Accountability

A transfer of power

by Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Najib Aminy, Elizabeth Shogren, Al Letson, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Jonathan Jones, Anjali Kamat, Amy Mostafa and Chris Jones January 23, 2021July 1, 2021

As the nation swears in President Joe Biden, we look at the long shadow cast by the forces that brought Donald Trump to power.

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Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election

Accountability

Democracy under siege

by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Brett Simpson, Anjali Kamat, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Michael Montgomery, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis and Amy Mostafa January 9, 2021July 1, 2021

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. How did we get here?

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A group of world leaders posing for a photo at a NATO conference.

The Trump Era

Trump’s global echoes

by Jen Chien, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Laura Starecheski, Katharine Mieszkowski and Brett Simpson November 18, 2020July 1, 2021

Over the last four years, as Americans were consumed by endless Trump news, our partners at Coda Story have tracked his echoes on the global stage.

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Accountability, Criminal Justice

Federal prosecutors hold protesters for months pretrial

by Aaron Miguel Cantú November 17, 2020June 30, 2021

Dozens of protesters who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged detention despite COVID-19 outbreaks.

An illustration shows a woman with a facemask reading 2020 holding up her ballot. Behind her, in a blue and purple swirl of colors, are ballots, voters, and other figures.

Accountability

United, we’re not

by Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Laura Starecheski, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Emily Harris, Amy Mostafa, Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Matt Thompson, Jen Chien, Patrick Michels, Laura C. Morel, Stan Alcorn, Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Aura Bogado, Elizabeth Shogren, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Sumi Aggarwal and Claire Mullen November 14, 2020July 1, 2021

Where does America go from here? We talk with an asylum-seeking family, Georgia women on abortion and West Virginians on the impact of Black Lives Matter.