With COVID-19 cases and death counts rising as well as a newfound threat to civility – an assault to the nation’s democratic foundations – it comes as little surprise that American life moved further away from normal in January 2021.

This month, the U.S. Normality Index score fell from its peak of 72% in September 2020 to 67% in January 2021. This begs the question, what has been achieved in the past year?

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