Many of the latest headlines boil down to a conflict about nationalism.
Great Britain's exit from the European Union. Donald Trump's attempt to erect a border wall and to renegotiate the terms of international trade agreements. Russian meddling in American politics. Even public marches by avowed racists wind up being described in the press, accurately or inaccurately, as actions by "white nationalists."
A recount in the city of Waterville, Maine shows that a proposed ban on thin-film plastic bags at retail stores failed by seven votes, flipping the initial finding that it had passed.
But 164 votes from Colby College students that have been challenged and therefore not counted could re-flip the election result, if the Maine Supreme Judicial Court lets their votes count.
