Politics

OPINION: The Democratic party faces a looming disaster in the Senate

By Andrew Miller · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2022 9 a.m.

The 2022 Senate elections become more critical when looking ahead to 2024.

Indiana Secretary of State candidate, 3 other midterm candidates deny election results

By Nadia Scharf · Tuesday, Oct. 18,2022 1:22 p.m.

Diego Morales, running for secretary of state, is reportedly one of four Indiana election deniers.

IU students discuss the importance of early voting after centers opened Oct. 12

By Nadia Scharf · Monday, Oct. 17,2022 4:25 p.m.

Monroe County’s early voting center is located at 302 S. Walnut St.

OPINION: Do political scandals even matter anymore?

By Jared Quigg · Wednesday, Oct. 12,2022 1:15 p.m.

Many high-profile candidates are finding themselves in hot water. Do voters care?

Indiana voter registration closes Oct. 11, early in-person Indiana voting opens Oct. 12

By Nadia Scharf · Monday, Oct. 10,2022 7:40 p.m.

To be eligible to vote, Indiana residents must register before 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 11.

OPINION: Is this midterm’s polling accurate, and what to expect going into November

By Andrew Miller · Tuesday, Oct. 4,2022 4:06 p.m.

Economic policy impacts polls and the chambers' majority party.

Your local guide to the 2022 midterm elections

By IDS staff and Servane Cloteaux · Tuesday, Oct. 4,2022 2:48 p.m.

All the IDS election coverage you need before Nov. 8, in one place

Meet your candidates for local Bloomington and executive state office

By Carson TerBush and Nadia Scharf · Monday, Oct. 3,2022 1:52 p.m.

Read about their top priorities before you vote in the Nov. 8 midterms

OPINION: How capitalism is driving the climate crisis

By Jared Quigg · Monday, Oct. 3,2022 12:12 p.m.

Capitalists choosing profits over people is devastating the planet.

OPINION: Debunking the myth of the ‘small government’ Republican

By Jared Quigg · Wednesday, Sept. 28,2022 4:37 p.m.

Republicans say they hate “big government.” They must be joking.

Take this quiz to learn how to vote in Bloomington

By Nadia Scharf and Sam Shi · Wednesday, Sept. 28,2022 11:25 a.m.

IU students and Monroe County residents — this quiz will help you you register and plan to vote

OPINION: Why American workers must unionize – and why that won’t be enough

By Jared Quigg · Monday, Sept. 26,2022 10:03 a.m.

Unionization is good, but it’s not a permanent solution to the problems of capitalism.

OPINION: Indiana Attorney General Rokita talks protecting individual liberties yet is against abortion

By Jared Quigg · Sunday, Sept. 25,2022 1:04 p.m.

The Indiana attorney general spoke Friday at the Indiana Memorial Union.

Meet Monroe County’s 2022 school board candidates

By Carson TerBush and Emma Uber · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2022 4:34 p.m.

Both of Monroe County’s school corporations have school board seats up for election.

OPINION: Her Majesty the colonizer: a critical view of the late Queen Elizabeth II

By Jared Quigg · Sunday, Sept. 18,2022 4:35 p.m.

Not everyone in the world is mourning the late Queen of England.

Democratic Senate candidate Thomas McDermott talks ‘the top issue’ — abortion access — and plans if elected

By Nadia Scharf · Thursday, Sept. 15,2022 5:01 p.m.

McDermott showed support for codifying Roe and opposed the decision in an IDS interview.

OPINION: In America, racism is even found in the drinking water

By Jared Quigg · Wednesday, Sept. 14,2022 8 a.m.

The water crisis in Mississippi is the consequence of racism.

OPINION: My kingdom for a Pizza Hut: Gorbachev and the disastrous dissolution of the USSR

By Jared Quigg · Monday, Sept. 5,2022 5:02 p.m.

The fall of the Soviet Union was a catastrophe. Blame the late Mikhail Gorbachev.

ACLU lawsuit filed against Indiana’s abortion ban in Monroe County

By Carter DeJong · Thursday, Sept. 1,2022 6:47 p.m.

The ban will go into effect Sept. 15.

Meet Bloomington’s 2022 state and federal Congressional candidates

By Carson TerBush and Nadia Scharf · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2022 12:44 p.m.

From key issues to political history, here’s everything you need to know.

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