Happy Election Day. *GULP* ⛅🗳️ We've compiled a lot of our election-related coverage from the last fe
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Happy Election Day. *GULP* ⛅🗳️ We’ve compiled a lot of our election-related coverage from the last few months, and hopefully after today we can forget all this and move on. It’s important to remind everyone that as hopeful as we are that we may know who won today, the reality is the election results may not be known for a few days or even weeks. So, brace yourselves.
I also want to point to a piece I wrote the day after the election in 2016. TitledThe Trump Nightmare Is Here” it encapsulated some of my thoughts at the time, including:
We will still create, write, perform, sing, dance, and anything else we can, because that’s what we do. We will react and generate, we will reinvent and challenge, and we will fight, because we can, and not just for ourselves but for others, too.
We did that for the last four years, and let’s hope this is something we will wake up from soon enough. While Biden isn’t perfect, he isn’t a liar or a crypto-fascist — the list is long, so let’s leave it at that. 
Hyperallergic endorses Biden in this crucial election because we believe he will push things in the right direction, or, at the very least, in a more sane direction.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Indigenous Activists Launch Political Art Campaign Ahead of the Election
Artwork by Mer Young and Shepard Fairy in Portland, Oregon (image by Josue Foto, courtesy of Amplifier)
Artwork by Mer Young and Shepard Fairy in Portland, Oregon (image by Josue Foto, courtesy of Amplifier)
One of the most critical votes in recent American memory looms just hours away, and with it, an opportunity for Black and Indigenous peoples’ voices to be heard.
AMPLIFIER AR, an augmented reality app launched days before the election, invites users to hear directly from Indigenous activists, artists, and movement leaders about issues impacting Indigenous people worldwide, from climate justice to the close ties between Black liberation and Indigenous sovereignty. 
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Berlin’s Madame Tussauds dumped its Donald Trump wax figure in the trash to send a message to US voters ahead of election day.
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