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How 2020 protests changed insurance forever
The recent increase in the size and frequency of insurance industry losses from riot and civil disorder is alarming and the threat hasn’t receded.
Systemic Racism
Philanthropy must face a reckoning on race in 2021
Civil society leaders too often face hurdles from philanthropic donors and a funding system that creates a power imbalance rather than resolving one.
United States
In pictures: Election Day in the U.S.
Millions of Americans have voted in the 2020 Presidential election. Here are some of the images that defined Election Day 2020.
United States
This animated map shows how U.S. states have voted since 1976
As Americans cast their votes in the 2020 Presidential Election, a graphic, by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, shows U.S. presidential voting history by state since 1976.
United States
This is how different countries vote in their elections
From compulsory voter registration to postal votes and minimum age, this is how elections are run and voters around the world vote.
United Kingdom
Britons would pay more tax for a fairer society as COVID-19 exposes inequality
A new survey by think-tank Women's Budget Group has shown the majority of Britons support paying more tax in aid of creating a more equal society.
United States
How could a more diverse Gen Z affect the 2020 US election?
16 million more Gen Zs are eligible to vote in the 2020 election. Gen Zs have the highest number of Hispanic and Black individuals than any other voters demographic.
COVID-19
People in these countries think their government did a good job of dealing with the pandemic
A perception poll on coronavirus and its impact on national unity shows most people approve of how their country tackled the crisis.
United States
Here are some of the reactions to Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has named Californian senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 US Presidential election.
Systemic Racism
After John Lewis: 21 civil rights leaders who are shaping America
A new generation of changemakers stands ready to take the baton from the late John Lewis, pillar of the US civil rights movement.
United States
Record number of Black women set to run for U.S. Congress
More black women have run for Congress than ever before as 122 black or multi-racial black women have put themselves forward in this year's congressional elections.
COVID-19
Rebuilding after COVID-19 shouldn't mean going back to how things were
The third stage – rebuilding – following a catastrophe requires the most imagination, but it will be needed more than ever in the aftermath of coronavirus.
Civic Participation
Four lessons the COVID-19 crisis can teach us about data-driven storytelling
The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how data and storytelling can change human behaviour. Here's how we can use this powerful technique for social change.
COVID-19
This UK footballer just won free school meals for kids in the summer holidays
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has claimed an off-the-field victory in persuading the UK government to extend a scheme that gives schoolchildren food vouchers.
Systemic Racism
In pictures: George Floyd demonstrations in the US and beyond
Some of the biggest outbreaks of civil unrest in decades, sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody, are taking place around the world right now.