ARTICLES BY JERRY SCHWARTZ

Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power, desecrating the seat of the world’s greatest democracy.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

EXPLAINER: The Electoral College, an unlovable compromise

For a compromise that has lasted more than 200 years, the Electoral College doesn’t get a lot of love.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

EXPLAINER: The Electoral College, an unlovable compromise

For a compromise that has lasted more than 200 years, the Electoral College doesn’t get a lot of love.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress

Behold, a world in distress:

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

One week in an America riven by politics and the plague

On Nov. 1, as election week dawned, Dr. Juan Fitz lay dying in the same Lubbock, Texas, hospital where he had worked in the emergency room for nearly 20 years.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: 1876 election holds record for highest turnout

The voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election was massive by recent standards. But it didn't come close to surpassing the record set in 1876.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Election unprecedented some ways, in others not

The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: From 1800, a lesson in delayed election results

The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm, with warnings that a contested battle could last well into December.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections

Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC

A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: From 1800, a lesson in delayed election results

The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm, with warnings that a contested battle could last well into December.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections

Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC

A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Election unprecedented some ways, in others not

The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC

A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO