{
  "id": 18171046,
  "title": "‘Wellness is on the ballot’: Why did so many pilates studios tell me to vote in the midterms?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/wellness-is-on-the-ballot-why-did-so-many-pilates-studios-tell-me-to-18171046",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:53:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/pilates-politics-fitness-studios-midterms-voting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Owners of pilates and yoga studios in the US got political and encouraged their followers to vote on social media Your local pilates instructors only want you to do two things: breathe through your side-planks and vote. In the days leading up to the US midterm elections, a wave of posts from fitness and wellness accounts blanketed Instagram, eschewing their typical messaging around the importance…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}