The outgoing president has resolved old problems and avoided new ones.
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On Colin Kaepernick’s Decision Not to Vote
Colin Kaepernick is facing backlash for refusing to vote in this election, but he was hardly alone.
View MoreArtists Respond with Devastation, Then Determination, to the Election of Donald Trump
The shock after Donald Trump’s election has turned to anger and determination, a galvanizing desire to fight for change and a better world than the one the President-elect plans to create.
View MoreNewly Elected U.S. Senator Kamala Harris Is a Woman to Watch
If there is a light at the end of the tunnel after last night’s devastating presidential election outcome, then it surely comes in the form of Kamala Harris.
View MoreThe U.S. is not a Post-racial Society
Race was undeniably a factor in this US election.
View MoreI’m Young, Black, and Male. I Live in Fear of a Trump Presidency.
For many of you who are a little older and white, a Trump presidency would be a huge bummer. For me, it would be dangerous.
View More‘American Democracy Is More Than One Election’
International election observers assess the state of U.S. politics.
View MoreDon’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman
It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.
View MoreBlack clergy to monitor city polls
Black clergy have joined forces with others to organize volunteers to monitor polling stations in African-American communities on Election Day in Philadelphia.
View MoreThe US Homeless Camps offering a lesson in Democracy
Overlooked in the elections, Portland’s homeless are organising their own camps on their own terms, but fear evictions.
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