
We Won’t Return to Lockdown—for Better or Worse
While rising numbers may be anxiety-inducing, the truth is that we are not in the same place we were at this time last year.
Seth Jacobson is the founder and principal of JCI Worldwide, a Los Angeles-based communications and research firm. He spent several years in the Carter and Clinton administrations in positions focused on economic development, foreign policy, and media relations. He is a frequent lecturer on policy and public affairs at Pepperdine University and UCLA.

While rising numbers may be anxiety-inducing, the truth is that we are not in the same place we were at this time last year.

We are now reckoning with attempts to dismantle democracy by restricting voting and providing tools to overturn election results—and what’s worse is that these efforts are going largely ignored.

Elements of distance learning may be part of our education infrastructure going forward.

If we do not know history, we are vulnerable to fractionalization and attempts to divide us.

Attempting to find a middle ground between and within parties will drive Biden’s governance.

U.S.-Israel relations will be business as usual, at least for the next two years.
