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50.4 million U.S. households are expected to be food insecure by the end of 2020, including an "unprecedented" number of children, and the pandemic is not over yet. What can be done move the needle toward a food-secure future?

Three main events have defined this year, despite the countless other news items from the past 12 months: the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests of the summertime and the 2020 election.

The San Antonio Police Department recently announced a new protocol for responding to mental health crisis calls, as well as the permanent end of the use of "no-knock" warrants.The changes follow a summer of protests over police brutality and racial injustice across the country, including in San Antonio.

With early voting beginning Oct. 13 in Texas, Jolt Initiative — the state's largest Latino civic engagement organization — is mobilizing to challenge the low Latino voter turnout status quo.

This November, San Antonio voters will decide whether to approve the "SA Ready to Work" initiative that would promote workforce development in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which wiped out more than 60,000 area jobs. On San Antonians' ballots as the City's "Proposition B," it proposes a four-year program to train 40,000 residents for future in-demand jobs to provide stable careers in the post-COVID economy.

Texas Matters: Reaction to Gov. Abbott's order on mail-in ballot box drop-off, voting disability rights and how Dallas is the political piggy bank for the nation.

After the murder of Fort Hood Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen triggered an outpouring of rage and pain around the country, Congress and the Army initiated several investigations into the base and how sexual harassment and assault are handled by military leadership. Some have called this a watershed moment — the military's #MeToo equivalent.

Come November, San Antonians will vote to fill many elected positions including seats on the Bexar County Commissioners Court. Rebeca Clay-Flores (D) and Gabriel Lara (R) will go head-to-head in the 2020 election to represent Precinct 1, which covers a large portion of the county's South and West sides.

It's the time of year when people would normally be making plans to visit loved ones for the holidays or vacation over winter break, but prospective travelers have a lot more to consider in 2020, as the U.S. is seeing record-breaking growth for new coronavirus cases and a rapidly rising number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

As the nation is caught in the turmoil of a uncertain presidential election – how well did our time in civics class prepare us for these twists and turns and for Trumpism?