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Pro-Trump mob on steps of U.S. Capitol. Image credit: Brett Davis/Flickr
The violent riot on the U.S. Capitol was shocking but predictable
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | With Trump and Confederate flags waving, violent insurrectionists rampaged through the halls of Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Electoral college seals Trump's fate, but his denial of reality continues
Penney Kome | Claiming to have won the 2020 presidential election may be among Trump's most startling denials of reality, but as with most of his words and deeds, he has an agenda.
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Jodi Archambault, a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and former special assistant to president Obama for Native American affairs. Image: Screenshot of Democracy Now! video
U.S. Indigenous communities see COVID cases surge, but their political power is growing
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The Native American population turned out for the recent U.S. election in record numbers.
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Trump's refusal to concede highlights shallow roots of democratic norms
Rick Salutin | The apparently deep roots of social cohesion are really quite shallow, since they must be replanted by each generation, who arrive in the world assumption-free.
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President-elect Joe Biden. Image: Joe Biden/Twitter
No time for U.S. Democrats to be complacent
David Taub Bancroft | To prevent the re-emergence of Trumpism in a refined avatar, Democrats must move in a bolder direction.
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Trump at a rally on November 2. Image: Vinnie Langdon III/Flickr
Trump's election loss recalls Southern Confederacy's 'lost cause'
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Trump and Trumpism, embraced by over 70 million American voters in this past election, are the new embodiment of the Confederate states' so-called "lost cause" narrative.
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U.S. election shows need to confront all forms of injustice
David Suzuki | Because we're shaped by the societies we're part of, we must learn to recognize and overcome our own conscious and unconscious biases.
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Trump at an October campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear, Arizona. Image: Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Why it is important for Donald Trump to deliver a concession speech
Penney Kome | Trump has so far refused to concede that Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a dangerous tactic that could strain the mettle of American democracy.
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Joe Biden addressing supporters as votes are still counted. Image: Joe Biden/Facebook
Narrow Biden win could shake up U.S. Democrats
Rick Salutin | If Joe Biden sailed into office in a landslide win, the inept, corrupt leadership of the Democratic party would learn nothing, and likely carry on as normal.
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Newly elected Congressmember Cori Bush with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib. Image: Cori Bush/Twitter
U.S. Democrats expand progressive wing in Congress
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | With intense focus on the presidential election, the electoral successes of progressive congressional candidates has been overlooked.
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President Trump addresses supporters on election night. Image: Screenshot of Donald J. Trump video/Facebook
With votes yet to be counted, U.S. President Donald Trump prematurely declares election victory
David J. Climenhaga | If what is happening in the United States were taking place in another country, the American establishment would likely be denouncing the behaviour of President Trump as that of a tyrant.
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The White House. Image: David J. Climenhaga​
A message to American voters from a concerned Canadian
David J. Climenhaga | "If you haven't done it already, you know what you need to do today, for the sake of your Republic, our Dominion, and the rest of the planet as well. To wit: Vote!"