President-elect Joe Biden and his administration vow to ensure Black and brown people get equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine through mobile clinics, vaccination centers and partnerships with local communities, the chair of Biden’s Covid-19 Equity Task Force said during a Black clergy event on Monday.
Biden’s union promises, and an interview with Hungary’s Klubradio
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This was excerpted from the March 2 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. On election eve, Joe Biden promised t...
Biden criticizes Texas and Mississippi for lifting restrictions: ‘Neanderthal thinking’
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President Joe Biden sharply criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions against pleas from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top public health official...
‘They just were not all in’: How the White House convinced two pharmaceutical giants to collaborate on a vaccine
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Washington President Joe Biden's coronavirus response team learned two things his first week in office: Johnson & Johnson's one-shot coronavirus vaccine was highly effective -- but the company was millions of dos...
Smith College controversy highlights struggles schools face in making racially equitable campuses
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In the summer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute read a book and ate her lunch in a common room area of a residence hall that required keycard access at Smith College. Since she was in a program teaching high school students ov...
Dolly Parton has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
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Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it's done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and recorded the whole thing...
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Colu...
Trump’s surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
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Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration's current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines -- which were tested an...
‘We’re not keeping up’: Biden administration scrambles to house children crossing the US-Mexico border alone
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The Biden administration is racing to find space for the growing number of families and unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border alone, which may include opening more temporary facilities and providing f...
Black celebrities show support for LGBTQ community in Ghana after raid on center
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Black celebrities are urging Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo to work with LGBTQ community leaders after security forces raided and shut down an LGBTQ center in the West African country's capital last week. Actors ...
Biden administration sanctions senior Russian officials over Navalny poisoning and imprisonment
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The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on seven Russian officials in response to the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. It was among a series of steps the new administration ann...
Biden must balance the horror of Covid-19 with the hope to come
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It may not feel like it right now after a horrific winter, but America has never experienced a moment this hopeful since the pandemic began. The tantalizing promise borne by the quickening rollout of new vaccines, h...
‘Love Island South Africa’ cast is announced — with only 3 Black contestants
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The makers of "Love Island South Africa" are facing criticism after announcing a predominantly White line-up for the show. The latest spin-off of the reality dating show-turned-cultural-phenomenon premiered on Sund...