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A Year Like No Other: GBH News Top 10 Stories Of 2020
Anne Laurie Pierre in her bedroom in November 2020.
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There is no question that 2020 was a rough year, as the Black Lives Matter movement for social justice collided with a deadly pandemic the likes of which the world had not seen in a century. There was upheaval across the country, as demonstrations against police violence occasionally turned violent themselves, including here in Boston. The number of dead from COVID-19 is approaching half a million, and the financial devastation is incalculable from businesses and jobs lost to families left homeless. And then there was a presidential election, which both parties had warned would be the most important in a generation.
The Top 5 Curiosity Desk Stories Of 2020
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The COVID pandemic. Millions of American calling and fighting for racial equality and social justice. The 2020 Presidential Election. These three ongoing stories dominated not just the headlines in 2020, but also the day-to-day lives of millions, as we all attempted to navigate uniquely precarious waters.
These topics also inspired many of the questions we here at the Curiosity Desk asked and sought to answer this year. Here are a few we think are worth revisiting as we reflect on a year like no other.
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When I came across a brief mention of a 1973 vote at Town Meeting in the small town of Ashby, Massachusetts, my jaw nearly hit the floor.