From the editor of Guardian US: the stories we'll tell in 2021 | John Mulholland

From the racial wealth gap to the forever chemicals' poisoning our bodies, there is no shortage of stories that need to be told

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It would be comforting to think that 2021 will offer a break from some of the challenges of 2020. There is an understandable yearning for some relief, some light, or at least a brief pause so that we can find a new equilibrium, whatever that may look like.

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