This was the year when the world as we knew it was suspended, when we involuntarily paused to consider all that had been taken for granted, when we were forced to question what really matters and where our country stands in the world. Headed into an election year, we anticipated a bumpy ride. Two American champions of equality and civility were lost: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Rep. John Lewis. President Donald Trump’s autocracy weakened our institutions and the rule of law, packed the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judiciary, and made a mockery of the presidential power to pardon. The Trump administration nightmare was voted out, President Trump recklessly challenged our election process, and Joe Biden was voted in with more votes than any presidential candidate in American history. During the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in America, Kamala Harris was elected as the first woman vice president.