With a massive wave of COVID-19 cases in October and infections only expected to rise with the holidays, the gradual economic recovery of the last few months seems to be coming to an end in the United States. Sarah Crump, Alan Berube, and MaryAnn Placheril look at the economic situation in the hardest hit areas.
An alleged meeting—denied by the Saudi side—between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman set off a frenzy of speculation about the prospect of opening ties between the two countries. Natan Sachs and Tamara Cofman Wittes explain the delicate dance between the two leaders and what Saudi-Israeli normalization would mean for the United States.
Black Americans represented over 50% of all Democratic voters in Georgia, 20% of all Democratic voters in Michigan, and 21% of all Democratic voters in Pennsylvania. Rashawn Ray writes about the role of Black voters in propelling Joe Biden to victory in key states and the power of that constituency for the Georgia Senate runoffs in January.
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