The Shortlist: Current Affairs & Politics
Discover each shortlisted piece in the Current Affairs & Politics category, for pieces on current affairs, news, society, politics, finance or economics.
By Reuters - Simon Scarr, Weiyi Cai, Jin Wu, Christian Inton & Wen Foo
The Electoral College misrepresents every state, but not as much as you may think
By Washington Post - Denise Lu
By Periscopic
On Their Way: the Journey of Foreign Fighters
By DensityDesign - Serena Del Nero, Marco Mezzadra, Alessandro Zotta & team
Why does the US lead the world in incarceration?
By The Pudding - Matt Daniels
By Five Thirty Eight - Aaron Bycoffe, Dhrumil Mehta, Nate Silver
The US Foreign-aid Budget, Visualized
By The Washington Post - Max Bearak, Lazaro Gamio
10,000 words ranked according to their Trumpiness
By Quartz - Nikhil Sonnad & Keith Collins
By Urban Institute - Leigh Courtney, Sarah Eppler-Epstein, Elizabeth Pelletier, Ryan King & team
By Rodrigo Menegat Schuinski & Vinícius Sueiro
Want to fix gun violence in America? Go local
By The Guardian - Aliza Aufrichtig, Lois Beckett, Jan Diehm & Jamiles Lartey
By LA Times Graphics - Braden Goyette & Priya Krishnakumar
50/30/20 - Income & Financial Stability in America
By Amy Cesal & Daniel Doherty
By Washington Post - Samuel Granados, Zoeann Murphy, Kevin Schaul & Anthony Faiola
How the opioid epidemic became America's worst drug crisis ever
By Vox - German Lopez, Sarah Frostenson
By Polygraph- The Atlantic - Russell Goldenberg
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