Simply put, America is condemned to a future of mass bloodshed that is hypothetically completely preventable but realistically inevitable and intractable.
COVID-19 represents the biggest shock to the American Dream since the Great Recession. Even Scarsdale, New York, the richest town on the East Coast, stands to lose if the “Zoomers” suffer permanent impediments to their development.
Biden ran on an ambitious, progressive policy platform that has many youth voters excited. How effectively Biden delivers for these young Americans, who rallied behind him despite their misgivings, will be a defining metric of his unprecedented presidency.
Impeaching President Trump will not reverse or mitigate cross-party animosity, but it could cast a pall over President-elect Biden’s promise to help heal the nation’s wounds.
This past year, nature punished California in two ways: through the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed almost 18,000 Californians, and one of the worst fire seasons in the state’s history. So far, California’s fires have burned more than four million acres, caused damages in excess of $10 billion, and killed 32.
Xi Jinping’s superpower could likely cut off much of Southeast Asia’s access to water if it desired, but could also succumb to its own water woes. How China manages its liquid gold will not only affect its own fate but the fate of hundreds of millions of thirsty citizens across the continent.
The pandemic created a perfect storm of economic malaise and social isolation, leading many to predict a spike in deaths of despair. Within this unconscionable tragedy, however, lies a crucial opportunity to address the underlying factors behind such deaths.
Wisconsin’s politics offer a cautionary lesson for the rest of the country on how political partisanship can infect key institutions, but also provide a potential blueprint to purge the infection from government.
