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November 19, 2020

Opinion: “Will Trump’s Attempted Electoral Coup Succeed?”

Joe Biden has won states worth 306 Electoral College votes, 36 more than the 270 needed to win, and received in excess of 5 million more popular votes than Donald Trump. Yet Trump insists the election was stolen from him and he is the victor. Trump started attacking the election months before it …

November 13, 2020

“Covid-19 has laid bare the inequities in our health system. What are we going to do about it?”

Covid-19, which disproportionately affects people of color, continues to shine a light on the deep inequities ingrained in our society. Non-whites are more likely to be infected with the virus and suffer from severe illness than their white counterparts, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

November 13, 2020

“Trump’s Frivolous Lawsuits Are the Tip of the Iceberg in His Refusal to Concede”

Truthout As masses of people poured into the streets to celebrate the end of Donald Trump’s fascist rule, the lame duck president’s lawyers were filing frivolous lawsuits in an attempt to nullify Joe Biden’s victory. But none of these suits, even if successful, would change the results of the election. …

November 11, 2020

“Leadership Change Represents Opportunity for U.S. to Improve its Pandemic Response; Defeating Pandemic is Prerequisite for Success in Domestic and Foreign Affairs”

My op-ed “Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic is the main challenge facing the Joe Biden administration and American society” sparked a lot of controversy on Twitter. However, I stand by my position: Biden’s election represents an opportunity for the U.S. to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. I hope that my friends on …

November 9, 2020

“Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic is the Main Challenge Facing the Biden Administration”

In March 2020, at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, I offered the White House some urgent suggestions regarding how to control the epidemic. My main ideas can be summarized as follows: The epidemic should be deemed a national security issue and responded to as such. …

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