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After four years of Donald Trump, America retains little of its erstwhile glory–standing on the wreckage of a bungled response to coronavirus, mass unemployment, an eviction crisis, broken trust in law enforcement, a sharp rise in health insurance premiums, and much more trouble to boot, Joe Biden offered a far more compelling alternative. With an all-time high turnout, Obama’s former second-in-command beat Trump with a decisive majority of the popular vote, setting the stage for America to return to the path from which it was led astray.
Hopes hang high on the former Vice-President to not only reverse much of what has addled America under Trump, but also move the ball forward on progressive reform as the base of the Democratic party is much further left than it was back in 2016–what this essentially means is more concerted action on healthcare, climate change, social and economic equity, and a slate of long-overdue democratic reforms.
Most-pressing on the agenda has to be the fate of our planet’s welfare–the more time is wasted on figuring out optimal solutions to impending ecological collapse, the harder it’ll be to tackle. “Climate politics is, now…
