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BY THE TEAM | Join Ms. and PEN America—this Monday, December 21 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT—for a conversation about Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh with: Margaret Atwood; Nicholas Kristof; Nasrin’s husband, Reza Khandan; PEN America’s Karin Deutsch Karlekar; human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy; Iranian artist and activist Parastou Forouhar; and Nasrin filmmakers Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross. RSVP for this free event here.

BY ANNA DRAGUNAS & CARRIE N. BAKER | President-Elect Biden has pledged to pursue an aggressive plan to advance LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S. and around the world. And after four years of the Trump administration rolling back LGBTQ+ rights, the incoming Biden administration has their work cut out for them.

BY VANITA GUPTA & GARY D. BASS | Census workers have reported that nonresponse follow-up in the 2020 Census was “rushed and chaotic,” due to the shortened timeframe from the Trump administration. Not surprisingly, there is growing consensus that the 2020 data are likely to be insufficient.