Joe Biden 
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1/17/2020
The Politics of an Inauguration Unlike Any Other
by Michael A. Genovese
Joe Biden's inauguration will be unlike any other, but he will need to draw on inaugural traditions of declaring purpose and invoking solidarity if he is to begin to repair national division.
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1/17/2020
Restoring Civil Society by Executive Order?: An Inaugural Reverie
by John L. Godwin
Joe Biden should defend the First Amendment right to peaceable assembly by a temporary emergency order criminalizing the carrying of firearms at public protest events and make clear that the threat of force is not part of the democratic process.
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1/12/2021
Lessons for Today from FDR and the Progressives?
by Walter G. Moss
Drawing lessons for Joe Biden's fraught entry to the presidency from FDR requires considering some unexpected virtues like empathy and humor.
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SOURCE: New York Times
12/20/2020
What Books Should Biden Read? We Asked 22 Writers
Prominent public thinkers recommend books to President-Elect Joe Biden to inform his domestic and foreign policy positions.
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12/20/2020
Can Biden Broaden Our American Dream?
by Walter G. Moss
Can a program of national service create pathways to individual opportunity while also building the social cohesion America needs to recover?
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
12/17/2020
History Exposes the Problem with Biden’s Defense Secretary Nominee
by Grant Golub
World War II demonstrated the need for strong civilian control over a military divided between multiple armed service branches, both to guide strategy and to ensure the ultimate authority of the President over the military. The nomination of a recently-retired Army general for Secretary of Defense departs from that tradition.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/14/2020
GOP Leader McConnell Congratulates Biden As President-Elect
Julian Zelizer argues that the whole Washington Republican establishment has been involved in a dangerous effort to undermine faith in the election, even after the Electoral College has cast its votes and given Joe Biden a winning total.
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SOURCE: NPR
12/11/2020
Biden Made Big Promises On Juvenile Justice. Activists Worry It's Not Enough
Historian David Stein argues that social movements can't expect the Biden administration to voluntarily commit to deep reforms of juvenile justice systems; they must organize and exert pressure to force those changes.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/9/2020
Biden Could Redefine What It Means To Be ‘A Catholic In Good Standing.’
Joe Biden will not enjoy the solid support from Catholic Americans that JFK did. But his presidency may force the Church into necessary consideration of its public priorities.
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12/6/2020
Let America Be America Again
by Ed Simon
Outpourings of joy on November 7 when it became apparent Joe Biden had defeated Donald Trump don't mean that the nation's problems are solved, but spontaneous, collective celebration means people still have the capability to recognize our shared fate and work together.
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12/6/2020
Stop the Music
by Richard H. Kohn
President-Elect Biden has allowed too much speculation about his choices for Secretary of Defense and unwisely floated the name of a retired Army general for the job. He needs to make a quick commitment to a nominee whose national defense experience comes from the civil, not the military, arena.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
11/30/2020
Joe Biden’s Harshest Critics are Likely to be Some of His Fellow Catholics
by Theresa Keeley
Abortion is the most divisive issue for liberal and conservative Catholics in America today, but reflects a decades-long division in beliefs about how the Church should engage with the world. It may be tricky for Joe Biden to navigate as a faithful Catholic.
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11/22/2020
Biden will Confront Systemic Conservatism Despite a Mandate for Change
by Steven F. Lawson
If Joe Biden wants to implement progressive change, he'll be stopped not by a lack of popular support, but by the conservatism built into American institutions.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
11/18/2020
An FDR-Size Executive Order for Biden
by Thomas Geoghegan
Joseph Biden should issue an executive order requiring federal contracts go to firms with collective bargaining agreements in place, boosting wages, strengthening organized labor, and stimulating economic recovery.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
11/19/2020
Erin Brockovich to Joe Biden: Are You Kidding Me?
"Are you really listening to the science or are you listening to an industry insider, who is controlling the message?"
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SOURCE: Boston Review
11/19/2020
Against Returning to Normal
by David Walsh
Liberal pleas to return to a "normal" defined by bipartisan consensus ignore the long legacy of ideological conflict and the pursuit of division as a political strategy by the conservative movement.
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SOURCE: TIME
11/12/2020
America's Crises Would Be Daunting for Any President-Elect. But History Can Teach Biden to Navigate Them
by Jon Meacham
A popular historian who has been advising Joe Biden with historical perspective argues the president-elect is disposed to empathy and pragmatism and will work to ease the nation's divisions.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/12/2020
60 Years after JFK, Biden as Second Catholic President Offers a Refresh in Church’s Political Role
by Steven P. Millies
Joseph Biden's election represents a chance to develop a political agenda informed by broad Catholic teaching, not only opposition to abortion.
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SOURCE: Politico
11/12/2020
First Professor: Jill Biden to Make History as a First Lady with a Day Job
According to her top tags on RateMyProfessors.com, Dr. Jill Biden gives her students “good feedback” and is “respected” and “inspirational,” but she’s also a “tough grader” who gives “lots of homework.”
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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
11/11/2020
A Diverse Cabinet will Make Joe Biden a Better President and Unify the Country
by Lindsay M. Chervinsky
"Over the past 230 years, presidents have followed Washington’s lead, making increased diversity and representation of religions, backgrounds, genders and races a central part of the cabinet story."
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