Hailing from Montreal, indie-rock band Arcade Fire stormed into Nelsonville, a small town in southeast Ohio to show their support for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Over the next year, Ideas will bring you Scoops that are engaging — and still politically relevant and enjoyable to read. The stories you see previewed here today are just a glimpse — and the start of something big.

When we began to brainstorm the Ideas in July, correspondents came back with feature ideas left and right: They were ambitious, thoughtful, and altogether one-of-a-kind. Everyday, we anxiously await the crop of stories that come in. And we hope you find yourself waiting soon, too.