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• A record in ‘diversity’ of candidates
• A border, a bus, then school begins in New Mexico
• Nationalists of the world, unite? Steve Bannon's populist path proves rocky.
• Arming election officials: How cyber sensors are boosting ballot security

A record in ‘diversity’ of candidates Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:47 PM PDT It's taken a civil war and other struggles but America's democracy is now clearly more welcoming of diversity in its political candidates, at least in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity. In the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, candidates are more diverse than ever at the federal level and in most state races, according to the Reflective Democracy Campaign. One candidate is on track to be the first Native American woman in Congress.

A border, a bus, then school begins in New Mexico Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:39 PM PDT With her backpack slung over one shoulder, Gabriela Corona strolls toward the US-Mexico border as casually as if she is crossing the street to school. Gabriela passes walls of barbed wire, camouflage-clad Mexican officers carrying big guns, and US border patrol agents who sit on stools inside the entry building with their arms crossed. None of this fazes Gabriela.

Nationalists of the world, unite? Steve Bannon's populist path proves rocky. Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:16 PM PDT "Be it resolved, the future of Western politics is populist, not liberal."

Arming election officials: How cyber sensors are boosting ballot security Posted: 02 Nov 2018 07:15 AM PDT Susan Gill has never met Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev. The supervisor of elections in Florida's Citrus County wouldn't know Mr. Kovalev from a television repairman if he walked into her office on Election Day. Kovalev is a Russian military intelligence officer assigned to Unit 74455.

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