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Source: ABC News, This Map was Generated Using FiveThirtyEight’s Projection as of November 1st, 2020 By Philip Baillargeon A lot can happen in four years. Arguably,...

On the ninth of October, President Trump released a proclamation about Columbus Day that retells the idyllic creation myth of the United States, starring Christopher Columbus and the settlers that “tamed the wilderness” and built the foundation of our country. The diverse and sophisticated Indigenous societies that inhabited this “wilderness” were not mentioned once, and neither was the genocide Columbus and later figures waged against them.

As of October 17th, there are 16 days to go until Americans finalize their votes in arguably the most important election in 160 years. So, how do things look right now?

In the aftermath of the 2016 election and through the impeachment of President Trump (which seems like a lifetime ago but took place shortly after this year began), foreign interference and misinformation campaigns were the main topic of concern ahead of the 2020 election. While coronavirus may take that mantle this year, election misinformation is incredibly harmful to our democratic institutions and it hasn’t gone away for the time being like school dances or crowded movie theaters. Whether foreign interference from Russia or Iran, or domestic misinformation coming from the White House, social media companies have been put in an uncomfortable position; how do you police millions and millions of users to prevent the spread of lies, and how do you label such misinformation when it comes from public figures like the president?

Governor Cuomo has set stricter regulations in NYC, which went into effect October 8th. In state-identified cluster zones with increasing rates of positive cases, large gatherings have been banned and nonessential businesses closed. These restrictions will remain in place for a minimum of 14 days but could last up to a month or more depending on the community’s response and trends in COVID rates.

September 18, 2020: a day that marked a significant loss in the fight for equal rights. The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse with its record-breaking hurricane season and rampant wildfires, a tropical storm has risen from the dead.

In discussing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, we often neglect the person in favor of the procedure. Will Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell be able to confirm her before the election? Will Democrats, permitting they win control of the presidency and the Senate, expand the number of seats on the court if Senator McConnell does get his confirmation hearing? Will COVID-19 yet again upend the proceedings of government?

Amidst a weekly news cycle that will likely go down as one of the most tumultuous weeks in American political history, a shocking development risks being buried; President Trump’s personal finances tell a vastly different story than the successful businessman persona he played on TV, according to a series of financial records obtained by the New York Times.

By Michael Ge Protests have erupted all across the United States after the murder of George Floyd by then police officer Derek Chauvin on May...