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![A student is seen as New York City elementary schools are opened after COVID-19 measures on December 7, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1208-student-400x300.jpg)
If Biden Is Serious About Healing the Country, He Must Change Education Policy
It’s time to address the many mental health crises brought on marginalized students by the U.S. education system.
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World AIDS Day Is Grim Reminder of an Ongoing Epidemic Amid COVID-19
As the world waits on an effective vaccine for COVID-19, the pandemic threatens treatment for those living with HIV.
![Protesters attend a demonstration demanding justice for the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1120-vegas-floyd-protest-400x300.jpg)
Dozens of Racial Justice Protesters Held by Feds for Months Pretrial
Several who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged incarceration amid the pandemic.
![Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Was Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/SEGS-AliciaGarza-2-400x300.jpg)
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Was Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says President Trump is “stoking fires he has no intention of controlling.”
![Protesters and police clash in West Philly after two Philadelphia Police officers killed a Black man in front of his mother on October 26, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1027-ph-protest-400x300.jpg)
Protests Rise in Philly After Police Murder Black Man Amid Mental Health Crisis
Walter Wallace Jr.'s mother had been trying to diffuse the situation before police arrived and shot him.
![Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett smiles at the end of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1016-amy-coney-barrett--400x300.jpg)
Barrett Is Poised to Become the Most Radical Right-Wing Member of Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation threatens health care, voting rights, racial justice and reproductive rights.
![An election worker accepts mail-in ballot from a voter at drive-thru mail ballot drop-off site at NRG Stadium on October 7, 2020, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1228940810-400x300.jpg)
Texas Is Limiting Ballot Drop-Off Locations. Activists Are Pushing Back.
Despite a last-minute ruling restricting absentee voting, civil rights advocates are doubling down to get out the vote.
![Dr. Ala Stanford visits a Black Doctors Consortium testing site in Darby, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2020. Stanford has largely self-funded the testing initiative.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1013-black-doctors-3-400x300.jpg)
Black Doctors Fight for More Equitable Coronavirus Testing
To date, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium has tested more than 10,000 people.
![People take part in the Indigenous Peoples' Day in New York, United States, on October 14, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1012-Indigenous-Peoples-Day-400x300.jpg)
Many Places Refuse to Abandon Columbus Day — But They Are Losing That Battle
Indigenous Peoples' Day is just a first step, not just a box to check off.
![Vice President Mike Pence debates Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1009-pence-400x300.jpg)
Pence Faked Care for George Floyd, But We Know the Truth of His Administration
Pence briefly “performed” empathy toward Black people while exuding racism and sexism from every pore.