An electonic billboard is shown with information about the Arizona vote as vehicles pass by.

Immigrants, first- and second-generation Americans continue trend running for office

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As votes are still counted in Arizona a billboard posts a site where people can look for election results, in Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 4, 2020.

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The election this week saw a continuation of a national trend that began in the 2018 midterms — an unprecedented wave of first- and second-generation Americans running for office. And, for decades, the United States has taken the lead on efforts to contain outbreaks around the globe, from polio to influenza. Now, amid the pandemic, the US election illuminates, even more, a nation divided on science and public health. Also, the earworm “Baby Shark” was posted to YouTube five years ago by the South Korean educational company Pinkfong. This week, it became the most-watched YouTube video ever.

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In This Episode

Three candidates
First- and second-generation Americans score historic wins in key races across the nation
Special Coverage
Israelis watch closely and vote count continues 
In this file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization (WHO) speaks at the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) to address the coronavirus, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020.
Next US president faces uphill battle to rebuild CDC relationship with WHO
Special Coverage
How will the US elections affect US-Russia relations?
Trump supporters at right argue with a counterprotester at left as they protest election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 5, 2020.
International Crisis Group warns political violence could further polarize the US
Special Coverage
In this photo from July 28, 2019, a woman from Nicaragua embraces a man from Africa under the patio floodlights at El Buen Pastor shelter for migrants in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
At US-Mexico border, asylum-seekers watch election returns for signs of change
Special Coverage
UK goes on lockdown 
Former UK politician on his struggles with mental health, lockdowns
New music from Helado Negro for this moment 
Planning better for climate disasters