Election 2020The WBUR Newsroom's 2020 election coverageOnce Again, Black Women Are Heroes. It's Time To Pay UpLove Black women as much as you love the fruits of our labor, writes Morgan Brewton-Johnson.Feb 8, 2021A Return To Leadership By ExampleI'm too exhausted by Trump to be elated about Biden, writes Holly Robinson. But I have hope.Jan 21, 2021Pearls And Chucks: How Kamala Harris Is Changing Fashion In PoliticsIt has been easy to look on fashion cynically, writes Joanna Weiss. But sometimes you want that attention -- and if you’re blessed with political talent, you know how to...Resume02:31Jan 20, 2021'The Sun Is Rising In Atlanta': On The Election Of My Friend, Rev. Sen. WarnockBill Eville and his family drove from Massachusetts to Atlanta to help Warnock's U.S. Senate campaign in the Georgia runoff.Jan 15, 2021Nature Isn't Partisan. And For One Morning, Neither Were WeGlenn Rifkin may never find common political ground with his cousin, but they're fumbling towards a different sort of communion.Dec 11, 2020AdvertisementTrump Is Nearly Gone. But We Cannot Stop Our Fight For Civil RightsWe must move forward -- especially in policing, voting and immigration -- and reshape our country by prioritizing equality, writes Oren Sellstrom.Dec 3, 2020Ranked Choice Voting Failed. ‘Jungle Primaries’ Might Be Our Best Hope For Fair ElectionsI didn't vote for Question 2, writes Tom Keane. But we need to improve the way we conduct our elections.Nov 30, 2020Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...Nov 24, 2020The Election Is Over. Here Are 5 Things You Can Do To Stay Politically EngagedPolitical engagement should mean more than casting a ballot every four years, writes Dr. Amber Spry. Nov 11, 2020Your Stories: Where Were You When Joe Biden Was Declared The President-Elect?The closely contested 2020 presidential election was finally decided at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, four days after Election Day. Cognoscenti collects 'where-were-you-when-you-heard-the news' responses.Nov 10, 2020We’re Two Americas. Here’s How Joe Biden Can Govern BothIs it possible to simultaneously lead these mutually loathing nations? asks Rich Barlow. Nov 9, 2020Trump’s Out. But The Cracks In The Foundation Of Our Democracy RemainThis election took American democracy down to its studs, writes Steve Almond. What became visible are the deep cracks in our national foundation. Nov 9, 2020Our National Nightmare Is Over. Now, The Real Work BeginsNot much is riding on Joe Biden’s optimism, writes Eileen McNamara, just the soul of America.Nov 7, 2020Here Comes The Pandemic WinterAs doctors, we're concerned, write Abraar Karan and Ranu Dhillon. We're headed into the biggest wave yet of COVID-19. Here's what we must do.Nov 6, 2020Count Every Vote. We'll WaitWe’ve all witnessed what damage the president is capable of inflicting to others and to the office he holds, writes Alysia Abbott. But still more than 67 million people said,...Nov 4, 20206 Things To Think About While You're Waiting For Election ResultsWe don't yet know who won the presidential race, writes Joanna Weiss, but this interminable, unsatisfying night still offered a few epiphanies about our country and ourselves.Nov 4, 2020Win Or Lose The Election, Trump Has Conquered The GOPAs a Never-Trump Republican, writes Rich Barlow, I grieve this state of affairs.Nov 4, 2020The America We Choose Yesterday isn't gone, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. We have to vote like our collective future depends on it -- because it does. Nov 3, 2020Why Election Violence Might Erupt — And How To Stop ItNeta Crawford is spending time in Wisconsin this week as an election observer for the League Of Women Voters. While she’s focused on voter protection, she’s also thinking about the...Nov 3, 2020Four Truths To Keep In Mind Before The Counting BeginsNov 2, 2020Next Page
Once Again, Black Women Are Heroes. It's Time To Pay UpLove Black women as much as you love the fruits of our labor, writes Morgan Brewton-Johnson.Feb 8, 2021
A Return To Leadership By ExampleI'm too exhausted by Trump to be elated about Biden, writes Holly Robinson. But I have hope.Jan 21, 2021
Pearls And Chucks: How Kamala Harris Is Changing Fashion In PoliticsIt has been easy to look on fashion cynically, writes Joanna Weiss. But sometimes you want that attention -- and if you’re blessed with political talent, you know how to...Resume02:31Jan 20, 2021
'The Sun Is Rising In Atlanta': On The Election Of My Friend, Rev. Sen. WarnockBill Eville and his family drove from Massachusetts to Atlanta to help Warnock's U.S. Senate campaign in the Georgia runoff.Jan 15, 2021
Nature Isn't Partisan. And For One Morning, Neither Were WeGlenn Rifkin may never find common political ground with his cousin, but they're fumbling towards a different sort of communion.Dec 11, 2020
Trump Is Nearly Gone. But We Cannot Stop Our Fight For Civil RightsWe must move forward -- especially in policing, voting and immigration -- and reshape our country by prioritizing equality, writes Oren Sellstrom.Dec 3, 2020
Ranked Choice Voting Failed. ‘Jungle Primaries’ Might Be Our Best Hope For Fair ElectionsI didn't vote for Question 2, writes Tom Keane. But we need to improve the way we conduct our elections.Nov 30, 2020
Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...Nov 24, 2020
The Election Is Over. Here Are 5 Things You Can Do To Stay Politically EngagedPolitical engagement should mean more than casting a ballot every four years, writes Dr. Amber Spry. Nov 11, 2020
Your Stories: Where Were You When Joe Biden Was Declared The President-Elect?The closely contested 2020 presidential election was finally decided at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning, four days after Election Day. Cognoscenti collects 'where-were-you-when-you-heard-the news' responses.Nov 10, 2020
We’re Two Americas. Here’s How Joe Biden Can Govern BothIs it possible to simultaneously lead these mutually loathing nations? asks Rich Barlow. Nov 9, 2020
Trump’s Out. But The Cracks In The Foundation Of Our Democracy RemainThis election took American democracy down to its studs, writes Steve Almond. What became visible are the deep cracks in our national foundation. Nov 9, 2020
Our National Nightmare Is Over. Now, The Real Work BeginsNot much is riding on Joe Biden’s optimism, writes Eileen McNamara, just the soul of America.Nov 7, 2020
Here Comes The Pandemic WinterAs doctors, we're concerned, write Abraar Karan and Ranu Dhillon. We're headed into the biggest wave yet of COVID-19. Here's what we must do.Nov 6, 2020
Count Every Vote. We'll WaitWe’ve all witnessed what damage the president is capable of inflicting to others and to the office he holds, writes Alysia Abbott. But still more than 67 million people said,...Nov 4, 2020
6 Things To Think About While You're Waiting For Election ResultsWe don't yet know who won the presidential race, writes Joanna Weiss, but this interminable, unsatisfying night still offered a few epiphanies about our country and ourselves.Nov 4, 2020
Win Or Lose The Election, Trump Has Conquered The GOPAs a Never-Trump Republican, writes Rich Barlow, I grieve this state of affairs.Nov 4, 2020
The America We Choose Yesterday isn't gone, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. We have to vote like our collective future depends on it -- because it does. Nov 3, 2020
Why Election Violence Might Erupt — And How To Stop ItNeta Crawford is spending time in Wisconsin this week as an election observer for the League Of Women Voters. While she’s focused on voter protection, she’s also thinking about the...Nov 3, 2020