Adrian Florido

Los Angeles voters elected a progressive reformer to be county district attorney. George Gascón has moved quickly to upend how the nation's largest local prosecutor's office administers justice.

Some Los Angeles voters hope that President Biden will be quick to condemn the kind of racism and anti-immigrant sentiments that former President Donald Trump brought out in many of his supporters.

Pedro Pierluisi takes office amid the island's ongoing efforts to claw itself out of an economic crunch and recover from natural disasters.

In Milwaukee, Black leaders want the Biden administration to revive the federal government's police accountability efforts nationwide. The racial justice movement has shifted the political landscape.

Joe Biden credited African Americans with helping him win the election and said he'll have their back. Black voters say they plan to hold him to that promise.

It took only seconds after Joe Biden was declared the winner over President Trump for a divided country's relief, frustration, anger and joy to begin spilling into the streets.

Politicians have spent decades fighting over statehood but many young voters think it's time to focus on rebuilding a decimated island instead.

Puerto Ricans will vote for a new governor Tuesday following four years of economic and social turmoil. Many young people see the election as a chance to plot a better path forward.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, made his race central to the story of his political rise. Many Black people criticize his decision not to file charges in Breonna Taylor's death.

The NPR/Ipsos poll also finds wide gaps in support for demands that racial justice advocates are making.