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Biden Promised to Help Asylum Seekers. He Should Start by Repealing Title 42.
The next administration must commit to ending the misuse of a public health law to expel asylum seekers.
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Raffensperger Stood Up to Trump, But He Also Attacked Voting Rights Groups
Creating investigations to resolve frivolous claims and unfounded allegations should not be something to celebrate.
![President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1293915838-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Chaos Casts Shadow Over Electoral College Vote as Nation Awaits Stimulus
These next couple of weeks are likely to be a political soap opera of an epic scale.
![Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 11, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230182408-400x300.jpg)
Trump Loyalists Sue Mike Pence to Give Him Power to Overturn Election Results
Legal experts have roundly dismissed the lawsuit -- but Trump and his GOP supporters keep pushing for a breakthrough.
![A woman stands in a beam of sunlight streaming into the Lincoln Memorial as the sun rises on December 27, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1230-lincoln-memorial-400x300.jpg)
In 2020, COVID Put a Mirror Up to Our Society
It will take concerted action to pull us out of 2020’s stew of death, fear, pain, deliberate cruelty and loss.
![President Trump waves after leaving the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1231-trump-waves-400x300.jpg)
Our Democracy Is Still in Danger Even With Trump Ousted
The Trump era has both highlighted and exacerbated the reality that our democracy may be less secure than we think.
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2020 Was a Record Year for Far Right Violence in the US
There were a large number of far right killings and car attacks at Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020.
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UN Experts: Trump Violated International Law in Pardoning Blackwater Mercenaries
The choice to pardon the military contractors convicted of murder and manslaughter may violate the Geneva Conventions.
![Then-President-elect Donald Trump answers questions from reporters accompanied by his wife Melania for a New Year's Eve party December 31, 2016, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_1230-trump-mar-a-lago-400x300.jpg)
Trump Plans New Year’s Party as COVID Death Count Continues to Climb
The party planned by Trump goes against the CDC's recommendations for attending gatherings during the holiday season.
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The New Strain of COVID May Have Already Coursed Through the US
Dr. Peter Hotez said spread of the variant “may be a significant reason why we've seen so much transmission as of late."