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Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

  • Written by Brian J Purnell, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College
imagePresident-elect Biden promises a new White House agenda and style.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term.

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  3. Is democracy sacred?
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  8. Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who will pay them?
  9. How Reagan's notions of a 'good society' resonate with Trump supporters today
  10. Remote education is rife with threats to student privacy
  11. 5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after
  12. Congress could select the president in a disputed election
  13. Trump's Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore – but the Supreme Court probably won't decide the 2020 election
  14. 3 scholars explain Senate results in South Carolina, Iowa and Arizona - and what they say about voters
  15. A disputed election delivered 3 governors to Georgia – at the same time
  16. Post-election grief is real, and here are 5 coping strategies – including getting back into politics
  17. Although now required by California law, ethnic studies courses likely to be met with resistance
  18. California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are 'contractors' as gig workers continue search for a livable wage
  19. The International Space Station at 20 offers hope and a template for future cooperation
  20. Even if you're asymptomatic, COVID-19 can harm your heart, study shows – here's what student athletes need to know
  21. An embarrassing failure for election pollsters
  22. History tells us that a contested election won't destroy American democracy
  23. Who invented the Electoral College?
  24. 'Rainbow wave' of LGBTQ candidates run and win in 2020 election
  25. A Q A with a historian of presidential polls
  26. 'Wait and see' is an unsatisfying – but accurate – way to present election results
  27. A history of contested presidential elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore
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  30. In supporting same-sex civil unions, Pope Francis is showing how the Catholic definition of what constitutes a family is changing
  31. Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged about it
  32. Poor US pandemic response will reverberate in health care politics for years, health scholars warn
  33. In supporting civil unions for same sex couples, Pope Francis is moving Catholics toward a more expansive understanding of family
  34. How schools can reduce parents' anxiety during the pandemic
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  36. Feeling disoriented by the election, pandemic and everything else? It's called 'zozobra,' and Mexican philosophers have some advice
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  38. Why questions (good and bad) matter
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  40. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways
  41. How tech firms have tried to stop disinformation and voter intimidation – and come up short
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