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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,...

Source: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren By Seth Gellman As the second wave of Coronavirus continues across the world, Cathay Pacific and Boeing have announced thousands of...

By Michael Ge Source: Angela Lang/Cnet Congress and the President have been at odds with each other over the passage of a second stimulus package.  Talks...

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The death of George Floyd last May inspired nationwide protests and highlighted systemic racism and police brutality that have plagued the United States for decades. Police brutality, unfortunately, is not a problem unique to our country. In Nigeria, people have taken to the streets to protest the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a part of the Nigerian police force infamous for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and torture.

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.

By Jonah Ruddock Source: Pius Utomi Ekpei/ AFP- Getty Images The death of George Floyd last May inspired nationwide protests and highlighted systemic racism and police...