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Tlaib and Jayapal Unveil Bill to Provide $2,000 Monthly Payments to Everyone
The bill calls for $1,000 per month for a year after the emergency ends in an effort to guarantee sustained relief.
Don’t Prolong COVID by Pretending It Is Over
We must all stick to COVID self-defense measures. And as a country, we must become a vaccine ambassador.
Trump’s “Chinese Virus” Tweet Led to a Huge Rise in Anti-Asian Tweets
A public health study finds tweets using #chinesevirus overtook the number using #covid19 after Trump's tweet.
20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South.
The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure.
Prison Laborers Are Paid Pennies to Maintain the Prisons They’re Incarcerated In
More than 4,000 private corporations in the U.S. have a financial stake in the expansion of the public prison system.
Some of the Wealthiest Counties in the US Have Seen the Biggest Rise in Hunger
Need is growing in places of plenty.
Animal Testing Is Useless for Determining COVID Vaccine Effectiveness in Humans
The future of vaccine development must move away from ineffective animal testing and focus on human biology.
Biden Administration Hit Goal of 100 Million Vaccines Administered 42 Days Early
As of Friday morning, over 115 million doses have been administered in the U.S.
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Doubt Trump’s Endorsement of Vaccines Was Real
Trump supporters are far less likely than the rest of the country overall to get vaccinated, polling shows.
As I Received My Vaccine, I Remembered the Full Weight of Trump’s Negligence
The vaccine's side effects hit me hard -- but I couldn't be more grateful for it.