Courtland Cox
In 1964, Courtland Cox was among hundreds of college students who traveled to Mississippi to help register Black people to vote, drawing strong opposition from the state’s segregationists. The project,…
Lucille Wenegieme
Lucille Wenegieme sees her job as a straightforward one: “We turn music fans into voters.” That’s the mission statement of Headcount, which leverages the fan bases of some of the…
Stephen Richer
This summer, Stephen Richer, the county recorder in Maricopa County, Ariz., ran for re-election as an unabashedly pro-democracy Republican. That was a bold stance in Maricopa, which had been overrun…
Steve Ballmer
After Steve Ballmer retired as the chief executive officer of Microsoft in 2014, his wife suggested he join her in her philanthropic work with foster children. He had thought it…
New York police arrest teen after subway train taken for joyride
New York police have arrested a teen suspected of taking a joyride on an empty subway train then crashing it. A 17-year-old girl is charged with criminal mischief over the…