ELECTION POLITICS--Derek Thompson of The Atlantic recently wrote a piece in which he theorized about why young, progressive voters appear to loathe Pete Buttigieg. The 33-year-old journalist was puzzled as to how we haven’t gravitated to Mayor Pete on the basis of age alone:

SPECIAL REPORT--A new Bloomberg analysis found that the planet’s 500 richest people saw their collective net worth soar by 25 percent over the last year The 500 richest people in the world, all of whom are billionaires, gained a combined $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019, further exacerbating inequities that have not been seen since the late 1920s.

PAST TIME--Impeachment, Trump, impeachment, Trump. It’s hard to think of this year without obsessing about the occupant of the White House.

IMPEACHMENT POLITICS-A new poll released on Christmas Day shows record-level support among U.S. voters for the ouster of President Donald Trump—a finding that indicates the Republican Party's effort to obstruct accountability for the president is not having the desired result.

WORLD WATCH-Finally, Trump was impeached on December 18. It is a sad day for America because for the House of Representative to resort to such a historically rare punitive act suggests that Trump’s transgressions have been so severe that the House was compelled to take such a drastic measure.

2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-Do people who cast their ballots in 2016 for Donald Trump wish today they’d voted for Hillary Clinton?