We need a national day of mourning for the coronavirus. As the first vaccinations began in the U.S. on Monday, bringing with them a ray of hope, the nation hit a grim milestone: more than 300,000 people…
Virginia Enacts First-Of-Its-Kind Regulation To Protect Workers From…
Virginia leaders approved a new set of rules Wednesday that employers throughout the state must follow to protect workers during the pandemic ― a step Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said he was taking because the…
People Who Refused To Go Back To Work…
In May, JoAnn Arceneaux refused to go back to her job with an airline subcontractor at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. At that point, she’d been receiving unemployment benefits for a month after…
Charles Booker’s Movement To Paint Kentucky Blue Is…
Eight months ago, Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker launched a long shot bid to beat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) and become the first Black lawmaker his home state has ever sent to Washington. …
The Worlds New Strategy To Contain Coronavirus: Whack-A-Mole
After barely weeks of relative normality, surging coronavirus cases have forced governments around the world to reimpose local lockdown restrictions and roll back the reopening of bars, restaurants and other businesses, affecting hundreds of millions…
Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates And Others…
The Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, former President Barack Obama and at least three tech bigwigs — Tesla’s Elon Musk, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — appear…