Roughly two in every three eligible voters cast a ballot in the 2020 verkiesing, volgens a new Pew analysis, a stunning number that smashes all previous turnout records.
How Republicans misunderstand the 2020 turnout story
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Numerous Republican state legislatures are trying to pass new voter restriction legislation (e.g. limiting absentee and early voting). Intussen, Democrats in Congress are trying to pass laws that expand access to t...
Do we really need pants? And other lessons from a pandemic year
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We're one year, or roughly 31,536,000 sekondes, into this new, strange pandemic life. We've missed loved ones and weddings and funerals, dance recitals and baseball playoffs, meer "firsts" and simple pleasures than ...
Who is Madison Cawthorn *really*?
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North Carolina freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R) was one of the biggest surprise winners of the 2020 verkiesing -- upsetting then President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate in the Asheville-area district once held b...
Kansas City officer will not face charges in the killing of an unarmed man in 2020
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The Jackson County prosecutor in Missouri will not charge the officer who shot and killed Donnie Sanders in March 2020, according to a statement from Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. Sanders, who was unarmed, was sho...
Die Black Lives Matter-stigting is geopper $90 miljoen in 2020, en het amper 'n kwart daarvan aan plaaslike hoofstukke en organisasies gegee
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'N Jaar van verandering in die naam van rasse-geregtigheid is moeilik om te kwantifiseer. Maar in die 2020 Impakverslag wat hierdie week deur die Black Lives Matter Movement bekendgestel is, historiese getalle spreek boekdele. The Black Lives Matter Global ...
Meer as 160 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, SPLC says
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Meer as 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, maar 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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Sy. 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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Geen, 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...