THE BIGGEST STORIES OF 2020
- The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and its continuing aftermath: lives that were lost, hospitals overrun and running out of equipment, prominent people catching it (Ex. Tom Hanks, his wife Rita Wilson, Dwayne Johnson, East Orange Mayor Ted Green, and Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo and President Trump), businesses shut down or completely gone, schools going virtual, decimated economies, stock market crashes, executive orders, political chaos and much more
- The 2020 Presidential Election
- The Fight for Social Justice after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many more
- The Deaths of icons like Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alex Trebek, Little Richard, Sean Connery, Ted Green, Sr., Steve Adubato, Sr. and many others
- The Ongoing Newark Water Crisis
- Newark Councilman Joe McCallum Charged
- Former Orange Business Administrator Willis Edwards III is charged
- Harvey Weinstein gets sentenced
- The Nashville bombing
- “Parasite” Winning at the Academy Awards
THE INTERNATIONAL STORIES OF 2020
- The Australia Bush Fires
- The Accidental Ammonium Nitrate Explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
- The Russian Novichok Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
- Boko Haram kidnapping children
- The Ongoing “Brexit” situation
TERMS OF THE YEAR
- Pandemic
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus
- Social Distancing
- Mask(s) / Face covering
- Shutdown
- Rate of Transmission
- Overcapacity
- Vaccine
- Social Justice
- Say Her Name
- Election
- Fraud
- Campaign
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR
- Dr. Anthony Fauci
- Donald Trump
- Joe Biden
- Kamala Harris
- Mike Pence
- Phil Murphy
- Andrew Cuomo
- Bernie Sanders
- Stacey Abrams
- LeBron James
- Taylor Swift
- Chadwick Boseman
- Kobe Bryant
- George Floyd
- Breonna Taylor
- Ted Green
- Ras Baraka
- Judith Persichilli
THE OTHER STUFF OF 2020
- Women making history: Kamala Harris (first lady/minority VP) Kim Ng (first female GM in sports / Miami Marlins) Sarah Fuller (first woman to score playing “Division I” College Football / Vanderbilt) Becky Hammon (first woman to coach an NBA team) and more
- That guy riding a skateboard, drinking Ocean Spray, and listening to Fleetwood Mac
- “Among Us” becomes a hit
- People tune in to see “Tiger King,” “The Last Dance,” and “The Queen’s Gambit”
- Murder Hornets
- Taylor Swift releasing two hit albums
- Ellen DeGeneres imploding her legacy, while Lea Michele adds to her infamy
- Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP video
- “Some Good News” from John Krasinski
- The world is introduced to Elliot Page (formerly “Ellen Page”)
- The continuing rise of K-Pop in the U.S.
- Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on “Saturday Night Live”
- Jake Paul dropping Nate Robinson in a celebrity fight
- Earlier this year, Vince Carter retired from the NBA, just after becoming the first player in league history to play in four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020)
