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Even If Joe Biden Wins, He Will Govern in Donald Trump’s America
The car horns blared as Joe Biden took the stage just before 1 a.m.—not to proclaim victory, but to urge his supporters not to lose hope,…
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Can Humanity Grow Up?
With rapid globalization and technological innovation have come profound new risks not just to individuals and countries, but to humanity's survival. The current stage in our…
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If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happens
It’s easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence of wrongdoing or a convincing legal…
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No change in Afghan policy
BILLED as one of the most momentous presidential elections in American history, the outcome of the 2020 race will have far-reaching implications for the world’s most…
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On The Trail: Deeply divided nation shows blue islands in a red sea
American voters on Tuesday delivered a split decision on two parties that could hardly have offered more starkly differing views of the future of the nation…
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OK, America, so what the hell happens now?
Donald Trump hasn’t lost, but then again, Joe Biden hasn’t won. Rule nothing out, except maybe optimism With the future and democratic reputation of the American…
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Either Trump or Biden Will Win. But Our Deepest Problems Will Remain.
For politics to function, we need to act at the local, personal level. A presidential election naturally concentrates our country’s attention. For a time, everything seems…
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Europe is locking down a second time. But what is its long-term plan?
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. Shortly before 11 p.m. yesterday, a waitress passed out paper cups to the…
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Killings in Bangladesh push bipartisan US call for sanctions
Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion is reportedly responsible for the extrajudicial killings of 400 people since 2015 On October 27, the Democratic ranking member of the US…
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Developing Nations Can’t Ease Up on Covid-19 Now
The emerging world may appear to have dodged a bullet but there is plenty of time for new waves of transmission to overwhelm leaky healthcare systems.…
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From Make America Great Again to Make America Better: how US history shapes Christianity and politics
When both Joe Biden and Mike Pence wrote opinion pieces in The Christian Post in the final week of the 2020 US campaign, the current and…
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The Pandemic, Science, and the Presidential Election
The question of the pandemic was placed in the first and most important place in the two formal presidential debates and also the vice presidential debate,…