New England ski areas opened to the public Monday, with Maine's Sunday River resort and Vermont's Killington both taking advantage of cold weather to coat some of their slopes with machine-made snow.
Sunday River, in Bethel, had top-to-bottom trails open for the day, the third-earliest opening in its 56-year history, thanks to snowmaking amid unusually cold weekend temperatures. But by Tuesday it had shut down lifts and said it would only operate on weekends at least until mid-November, according to its website.
How many times have you heard that Republicans want to "disenfranchise" minority voters? Or that the conservatives on the Supreme Court have "gutted" the Voting Rights Act? Or that Congress might not "renew" its protections? Or that states that require voter ID or reduce the numbers of days of early voting are part of an attack on voting rights?
If you are unfamiliar with the specifics of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the "voting rights are under attack" narrative may have seeped into your consciousness. But the truth does not even remotely resemble what you have likely heard. If the issue of voting rights were fairly reported, none of the following would come as a surprise:
