Roughly two in every three eligible voters cast a ballot in the 2020 election, according to a new Pew analysis, a stunning number that smashes all previous turnout records.
The Black Lives Matter foundation raised $90 million in 2020, and gave almost a quarter of it to local chapters and organizations
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A year of change in the name of racial justice is hard to quantify. But in the 2020 Impact Report released this week by the Black Lives Matter Movement, historic numbers speak volumes. The Black Lives Matter Global...
More than 160 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, SPLC says
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More than 160 Confederate symbols came down last year after the killing of George Floyd prompted a nationwide reckoning with racism. That count comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which released new figures ...
Scam artists lurking on dating apps and social media made away with a record haul in 2020
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We expect love to have an emotional impact on us, but a new report released by the Federal Trade Commission revealed it's also hurting wallets. A record $ 304 million was reported lost to romance scams in 2020. Sca...
Meet the bunnies who helped people survive 2020
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It's National Love Your Pet Day on Saturday, and a couple animal buddies in particular are earning their snuggles. Rabbits Finn and Budgie are more than just lovable companions — they provide their owners with emoti...
High-profile elections officials leave posts after a tumultuous 2020
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A cluster of election officials around the country have lost or left their jobs in recent weeks, as the fallout from the tumultuous 2020 election season continues. The exits come as experts say a wave of departures ...
The EU is facing the most serious crises in its history. Many are wondering if anyone’s really in charge
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The year is only six weeks old, but 2021 is already revealing the European Union's inherent limitations. While the EU is no stranger to crises, the past few weeks have thrown up issues that highlight the chasm b...
Roberts won’t preside over impeachment trial, but Leahy set to follow his 2020 script
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Sen. Patrick Leahy is expected to adhere largely to the script of Chief Justice John Roberts when he presides over the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump this week. But unlike when the robe-cl...
Reddit really did run a Super Bowl ad — and it referenced when its users disrupted Wall Street
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No, it wasn't a glitch -- for some Super Bowl viewers, a Reddit commercial really did pop up on the screen. The spot, which was just five seconds, opened as if it were a car commercial, but then quickly then flashed...
Judge orders New York district to be certified for Republican in last unresolved congressional race of 2020
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A New York judge ordered the State Board of Elections to certify Republican Claudia Tenney as the winner in New York's 22nd Congressional District Friday, bringing the last unresolved race of the 2020 election close...
Three-quarters of Republicans believe a lie about the 2020 election
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Donald Trump spent the three months between the November election and the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president insisting -- via public pronouncement and tweet -- that the 2020 race had been stolen from hi...
How Anthony Fauci beat Donald Trump in 2020
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"People are tired of Covid. People are saying, 'Whatever, just leave us alone.' People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," President Donald Trump said on a campaign call in October 2020. "He's been her...
Trump’s in a historically strong 2024 primary position for an ex-president
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Donald Trump is no longer president. He no longer has the megaphone of Twitter. But make no mistake: This is still Trump's Republican Party. You see it in the actions of Republican state and local parties trying t...