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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.
20:11
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.
21:23
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.
30:00
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.
8:41
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.
11:27
One year after the Beirut port explosion, a new Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster that killed 218 people, wounded 7,000 others and destroyed vast swaths of the city.
12:38
The Taliban have been seizing territory for months as U.S. troops withdraw from the country, and the group is now on the verge of taking several provincial capitals.
13:14
Matthew Hoh, former State Department official, says much of the U.S. media coverage has been filled with “complete lies and fabrications,” despite decades of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
13:16
The country faces political upheaval, a worsening economic crisis and a devastating drought.
12:20
A doctor speaks about the conditions near the epicenter of the massive Aug. 14 earthquake as thousands of survivors grow increasingly desperate.
19:08
"Democracy Now!" speaks to Obaidullah Baheer, an Afghan academic who has decided to stay in Kabul despite the risks.
10:56
Hurricane Ida has completely knocked out power to the city of New Orleans and reversed the flow of the Mississippi River after it hit southern Louisiana and Mississippi, flooding the area with storm surges.
