November 21, 2020

By Perry Bacon Jr. At nearly 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, the morning after Election Day 2016, the Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential election. Around the same time, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton phoned Trump to concede, a call she made at the urging of then-President Barack Obama. That Thursday, less than 48 hours after the…

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Brittany Shammas November 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EST With Thanksgiving a week away and coronavirus cases exploding nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended against traveling or gathering for the holiday, urging Americans to consider celebrating in their own households instead. [O]fficials spoke of the risks in stark terms, warning that as friends…

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By Joyce Sohyun Lee, Robert O’Harrow Jr., Elyse Samuels NOVEMBER 19, 2020 In a summer roiled by protests for racial justice, Kenosha, Wis., moved into the national spotlight in August after a White police officer shot a Black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Peaceful protests during the day were followed by rioting and civil unrest at night.…

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By Angelina Chapin@angelinachapin One of the most notable trends to emerge from the 2016 presidential election was the large number of white women who helped solidify Donald Trump’s victory. Many of them lived in suburbs, and their support for a grab-’em-by-the-pussy candidate, despite his sexist, racist, and derogatory behavior on the campaign trail, was a dark…

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That the December 2020 issue of O Magazine will be the last print issue? That President Trump has yet to concede, even though it is clear that Vice-President Elect Biden has won? “That writing about whiteness is about as easy as it goes. There is a rigorous and completely Black subculture that Black people live in. But…

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Joel Shannon USA TODAY South Dakota’s high rates of COVID-19 and low virus regulation have sparked criticism even as some dying of the virus there don’t believe it poses a real threat. That’s according to Jodi Doering, a South Dakota nurse who has gained national attention for her account of working on the front lines in a state where leaders have long minimized the…

Read More ‘It’s not real’: In South Dakota, which has shunned masks and other COVID rules, some people die in denial, nurse says