In 2020, TV became essential. With the closures of sports stadiums, concert halls, and movie theaters, the only stage fit for the pandemic turned out to be the small screen. And for those of us who could afford to spare time for such storytelling, TV took us to places where we could find some reprieve, whether in the form of a pulse-pounding mystery, a gut-wrenching romance, an endearing fish-out-of-water comedy, or a mind-boggling docuseries.
Photographs by Terry AdkinsThis article was published online on December 12, 2020.What you are looking at is the afterlife of memories.Memory jugs were funerary objects found in the South on the graves of African Americans through the mid‑20th century. These small stoneware vessels were adorned with fragments—broken china, glass shards—and items beloved by the departed. The ritual is said to have its origins in Central Africa’s Bakongo culture.
He’s been living with us for almost six years.
With the first shots being prepared for delivery to states next week, Biden’s team is already laying the groundwork for a public education campaign.
After losing to Joe Biden in November, President Donald Trump has been amplifying conspiracy theories about electronic voting without knowing or caring just how much this year’s swing states have done to protect the integrity of their elections.
This week is coming to a close with truly miraculous news: In the coming days, Americans across the country are expected to begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19, a virus that emerged just a year ago. But even miraculous vaccines do little good for public health if people refuse to take them.
Years of bending over backward for Trump and his allies did not buy the social network a regulatory hall pass.
Congress should help Americans who really need it before helping those who don’t.
Critics say the platform enables fraud and exploits holes in the social safety net.
Louis DeJoy is likely to last well into the Biden administration.
The majority leader wants to send Americans a big lump of coal.
A key panel raises objections to the president’s campaign-trail promise of $200 in discounts for seniors.
Most Americans’ best hope of getting a shot by spring or early summer may rest on vaccines that have not yet been proven to work.
He’s been emotionally abusive for most of our relationship, and he hasn’t always been nice about my cannabis use.
I’d love to offer her some COVID-friendly holiday cheer.
A former high-level employee at Heather Boushey’s think tank publicly aired the accusations on Tuesday night.
“That disqualifies almost every Republican senator and 90 percent of the administration,” the president-elect said of GOP criticism.
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
Brian Deese is an executive at investment giant BlackRock.
The president-elect intends to name Cecilia Rouse, Neera Tanden and Wally Adeyemo to senior roles in his administration.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for ending the two-decade “state of war” between Ethiopia and Eritrea, with many hailing a new era of peace in the region. Just one year later, Ahmed’s military has displaced tens of thousands of civilians in an ongoing military campaign in the northern Tigray region.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take part in Donald Trump and the Republican Party of the United State’s coup attempt despite a final round of frivolous unicorn poop and pixie dust briefs from, including and I am not making this up, “New California State” and “New Nevada State.” (Alternately, “New Nevada Sate” because spelling is optional in the new civil war.
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40 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Trita Parsi at Responsible Statecraft writes: House Dems unite to support the Iran nuclear deal:
Democratic congressional leaders are marshaling a message to President-elect Joe Biden “strongly endorsing” his promise to return to the Iran nuclear deal without preconditions, Gregory Meeks, (D-N.Y.
Despite the surge in COVID-19 cases across the United States, Donald Trump and his minions seem not to care how many more people are infected. In the latest of Trump infections, Trump’s sidekick and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Dec. 6. While allies of Giuliani maintain he tested negative days before meeting state officials in not one but three states last week, some states have reported infections within days after Giuliani’s visit.
After an amazingly rapid scientific breakthrough, America must overcome huge deployment hurdles to end the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pfizer vaccine proved 95 percent effective in a massive clinical trial.
Tony Pham, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the soon-to-be-ending Trump administration, is reportedly set to resign from the agency by the end of the year. If he feels better thinking it’s somehow his decision, sure, whatever, adiós. What’s for sure is that Pham was a complete disgrace during his handful of months in the unconfirmed acting position.
Cases of the novel coronavirus are increasing at a rapid rate across the U.S. Despite this, some individuals are still refusing to wear masks. As a result, many of those who once denied the severity of the virus are now suffering the consequences of doing so after infection. While some have expressed regret and have warned others to not take the virus and safety measures lightly, others—like Donald Trump—are continuing to deny its severity despite multiple hospital visits.
A few people pointed out that none of the justices appointed by Trump supported his attempt to overturn the election.
