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An estimated 300 African Americans were killed and over 1,000 injured in the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.
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The games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 even though less than 3 percent of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
In an hour-long phone call, President Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state’s 2020 election.
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Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after being fined and threatened with disqualification for declining to take part in press conferences due to their effect on her mental health.
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A recent poll suggests 42 percent of Americans are reluctant to take the vaccine. In response, some, including former Maryland congressmember and presidential candidate John Delaney, are pushing to pay people to get vaccinated, a move discouraged by many.
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As the U.S. sets new records for COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations, Dr. Paul Farmer says the devastating death toll in the U.S. reflects decades of underinvestment in public health and centuries of social inequality.
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John Koza, chair of National Popular Vote, says the chaos of the 2020 election is further proof that the United States should abandon the Electoral College system as it is currently constituted.
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After months of inaction, Congress finally appears close to passing a second coronavirus stimulus package. The agreement is likely to include additional unemployment assistance of $300 a week and one-time direct cash payments of between $600 and $700.
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As Hunger Soars Across Nation, U.S. Trade and Foreign Policy Is Also Causing Hunger Across the Globe
Millions of people across the country are struggling to find enough to eat. Hunger relief group Feeding America warns that some 54 million U.S. residents currently face food insecurity amid a massive public health and economic crisis.
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President-elect Joe Biden declared “America is back” this week as he revealed some of the people who will staff his administration in key national security posts.
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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft scored a major victory with the passage of Proposition 22 in California, and worker rights advocates fear they will push similar measures in other states.
A new report finds that as much as 90 percent of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply.
