Nov 7, 2016In the voting booth, recognize that you are alone. This is a moment of your personal truth, no one else’s. Feel your body; what is your body telling you? How is the heartbeat? Palms? Throat? Stand still for several moments. Feel your feet solidly on the ground. Take a few slow, deep breaths.
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This election has proven to be stressful as hell
- How to make the Nasty Woman: An election night cocktail. Updated Nov 8, 2016 ago
- Breaking news: FiveThirtyEight predicts you're going to freak the fuck out.
- Watch a Canadian artist mix paint to ease your election stress.
How to make the Nasty Woman: An election night cocktail. See also: Life lessons from Sasha Petraske's posthumously released book Regarding Cocktails.
Nov 7, 2016At this, point there are five equally-likely outcomes in this election: 1) Your candidate wins. 2)You take up smoking again. 3) You send a series of threatening letters to Wolf Blitzer. 4) You fill out an online application for permanent residence in the Netherlands. 5) You wear your pajamas to work because, seriously, who cares.
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Vancouver atist Annette Labedzki posts mesmerizing videos of mixing paint—perfect for easing your election stress.
Nov 7, 2016Neither side is going into Election Day expecting to lose. Whichever party ends up being shocked by the results will have a protracted, painful, but perhaps rejuvenating, period of soul-searching ahead.
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Hillary Clinton feels your pain—but it's a good thing
Clinton tells voters that their stress is real because the election is a big deal. "She says people have told her they can't sleep or their stomachs hurt because of the election. She says those reactions underscore what's at stake."
No, there are not two million dead people lined up to vote
A thorough debunking of four big myths about voter fraud.
Nov 7, 2016We call this our Selma because this is the worst attack on voting rights we've seen since the days of Jim Crow.
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The New York Times produces its first ever video-game-as-op-ed, "The Voter Suppression Trail." You can play as a white programmer from California, a Latina nurse from Texas, or a black salesman from Wisconsin. Guess which character has it easiest?
Nov 7, 2016No party has won the popular vote six times in seven tries since the formation of the modern party system in 1828.
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- In Thursday's action, Reyhan Harmanci sets up a colossal final.
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- "Will Putin expose the failings of American democracy or will he inadvertently expose the strength of American democracy?" Updated Mar 3, 2017
- Wilbur Ross just wanted to make some money in ethically gray areas (that should've prevented him from taking office).
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The oceans are under assault, and not just from the White House and friends.
- Trump's assault on the environment begins with American headwaters. Updated Mar 1, 2017
- Don't just blame the oil companies for destroying the oceans—blame sushi restaurants.
- Nothing escapes the deepest trenches of the ocean floor. Not light, not nutrients, not pollutants.
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