Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, is running for reelection in a tight race against Democratic state Attorney General Aaron Ford in one of 39 U.S. gubernatorial elections to be decided in November. (Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Las Vegas Review-Journal file/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Rev. John Jackman, who leads Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, says the church’s medical debt campaign has brought together people across the political spectrum. “This is the easiest money I’ve ever raised,” he says. (Allison Lee Isley for KFF Health News)
Maria Judith Alvarez, second from left, and Monica Muniz, center, stand with several other Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park residents outside the Third Street Center in Carbondale during a community fundraiser on August 23, 2025. The residents went under contract this week to buy their mobile home park for $23 million. Credit: Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public Radio
Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist and first-time candidate, speaks to supporters in Denver after unseating longtime Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
This field of alfalfa near Carbondale is grown with water from the Crystal River. Some Colorado River experts are advocating for a permanent reduction in the use of water by agriculture. Credit: Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism
