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# November 23, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 19 November 23, 2020 |  

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Vol. 196 No. 19

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54a312a821748a08/698a13f401168214ba980033/time-magazine-biden-wins-cover-2020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:4)

Issue name

November 23rd, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 19 | U.S.

Issue date

November 23, 2020

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America

Related categories

[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/)


## Table of Contents

IdeasPolitics

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Our Dueling American Realities Remain. Biden, Harris—And All of Us—Have Much Work Ahead

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Kamala Harris and Black Women Voters Helped Joe Biden Get Elected. Here's How America Can Do Right by Them

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### As Donald Trump Refuses to Concede, America Is Caught Between Crisis and Confusion

As Donald Trump refuses to concede, Joe Biden prepares to take power

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Donald Trump Couldn't Be Prosecuted in Office. What Happens When He Leaves?

He couldn't be prosecuted in office. Should he be when he leaves?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### President-Elect Biden's Ambitious Economic Proposals Face a Divided Congress

Biden&apos;s ambitious plans to remake the economy must pass a divided Congress

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Why a Split Senate Could Pose Challenges for Joe Biden's Health Care Plans

A new Administration hopes to strengthen the Affordable Care Act

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Donald Trump Lost The Election

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Joe Biden Won the White House

The former vice president's message of decency made him the man for this turbulent moment

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Joe Biden's Novel Approach to Climate Change Could Side-Step a Divided Congress

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### 'People Are Going to Take My Daughters Seriously Too.' For Women of Color Who See Themselves in Kamala Harris, Her Historic Win Is Personal

"People are going to take my daughters seriously too."


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