Rooting Out Racism in Policy, the COVID Reset Latin America Needs, and More

November 13, 2020

“Racism isn’t to be negotiated with; it’s to be scrubbed from our policies.” Andre Perry writes that if President-elect Biden wants to represent all Americans, he cannot center policies around white grievances rooted in false notions of superiority.

Economic output across Latin America will be 10% lower than was forecast in late 2019, with joblessness in double digits and nearly 15 million more people threatened with extreme poverty. Mauricio Cárdenas, Eduardo Levy Yeyati, and Andrés Velasco examine the structural and political barriers to regional recovery.

“During the past nine contests stretching back to 1988, not one candidate has won by a landslide—a margin defined as 10 percentage points or more in the popular vote.” William Galston discusses Joe Biden’s win in the electoral college and popular vote and what it bodes for both Republicans and Democrats moving forward.

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