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Kate Sheppard is a senior national editor at HuffPost. She is based in North Carolina, and previously covered environment, health, labor and other policy issues for Mother Jones, Grist, and the American Prospect. Her reporting has been recognized with awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Online News Association and the Deadline Club, and featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is also a teaching associate professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Hablo espanol. PGP Key: 514B 4D5A 76AF F2EA D4EF DC24 4453 6DD0 D00D 31F4
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The nation's capital is on guard amid worries about more violence leading up to Jan. 20, the day Joe Biden becomes president.
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With Georgia Wins, These Progressive Policy Dreams *Might* Actually Come True
Democrats are hopeful they can make some major policy gains with Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Senate and Joe Biden in the White House.
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What Pfizer’s Vaccine News Means For The Fight Against COVID-19
If the company's impressive data holds up — a big if — here's what that would mean for the coronavirus pandemic.
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How Do Election Recounts Work? What You Need To Know.
These 2020 battleground states are still counting votes. Here are the rules for recounts if Trump and Biden go down to the wire.
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HuffPost Event: COVID And The Healthcare Crisis For Seniors And Caregivers
Join HuffPost reporters and leading labor organizer Ai-jen Poo for a Q&A.