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Share May 12, 2021 On Nov. 3, 2020, at a polling site in Manhattan, New Yorkers cast their votes in the U.S. election. (Photo: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.com) The 2020 U.S. election was like none before it. Polarization was at an all-time high, with many on both sides mistrusting each other and the process itself. The pandemic introduced further complications, challenging election officials to find ways to ensure accessibility while keeping voters safe. Because of this, The Carter Center chose to d...

Reps. Grace Meng and Ted Lieu Join Anti-Semitism Task Force Leadership WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two Taiwanese-American members of Congress have joined the leadership of its anti-Semitism task force. Reps. Grace Meng of New York and Ted Lieu of California, both Democrats, were listed among eight-co-chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism in a release Monday, the first for the new Congress. The task force has over 100 members from the U.S. House of Representatives. The newcomer...

Taiwanese-American representatives, whose districts have large Jewish populations, replacing Jewish Congress members Nita Lowey, Eliot Engel

Recent tragic and scary events in America have raised awareness of anti-Asian racism in our society. The history of anti-Asian discrimination, exclusion and exploitation is easily found through a Google search. I have found, however, that we learn and understand complex issues better when we…

Credit J. Tyler Franklin / WFPL Gov. Andy Beshear will help lead a bipartisan task force of governors guiding economic recovery efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. The National Governors Association named Beshear as a co-chair of its Economic Recovery and Revitalization task force, along with South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. The announcement comes as Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature is trying to strip Beshear of some powers, especially during the coronavirus pandemic...