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The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Voters, and a New White-Only Community in Arkansas

The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Voters, and a New White-Only Community in Arkansas

The Headlines
Aug 20, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, censoring prestige TV. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/democratic-party-voter-registration-crisis.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis</strong></a>, <i>by Shane Goldmacher</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials</strong></a>, <i>by Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/trump-visa-vetting-international-students.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus</strong></a>, <i>by Anemona Hartocollis</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-smithsonian-slavery.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was,’</strong></a> <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There</strong></a>, <i>by Debra Kamin</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/19/arts/television/russia-tv-censorship.html" target="_blank"><strong>These TV Hits Are Censored in Putin’s Russia</strong></a>, <i>by Anatoly Kurmanaev</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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