Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2020-09-07)

1. CRISES

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reckoning with historic

wrongs. An America that

stands apart, or one that

intervenes and forms

alliances abroad. Rolling

back regulations, or

taking action on climate

change. That’s not even

counting the candidates’

major differences on

staple issues such

as health care and

immigration.

Given the times we’re

in, it’s impossible to

say that this election is

about one extraordinary

phenomenon more

than another: the most

polarizing president in

modern U.S. history, a

once-in-decades public-

health crisis, a recession

unlike any economists

have seen. Bloomberg

Businessweek has distilled

this political moment

into the 2020 Election

Issue. We start with a

wide-angle look at the

nation’s crises, then

gradually zoom in—first

on American places,

then on voters, then on

the casting and counting

of ballots.

At the heart of this

guide is theU.S. voter.

We’ve asked a sampling

of them key questions:

What matters to you

and your loved ones?

How can a broken

country heal? Their

answers are eloquent,

moving, and bracing.

�Amanda Kolson

Hurley, Politics editor

COVER: Photograph by

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