Support Provided By
20:50
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.
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.
14:06
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.
5:13
Greta Thunberg: 5 Years After Paris Agreement, World Is 'Speeding in the Wrong Direction' on Climate
Greta Thunberg, who launched the global Fridays for Future youth climate movement, issued a stark warning on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that the world is not doing enough to keep global heating below 2 degrees Celsius.
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.
14:50
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.
6:45
A 2020 Bloomberg analysis of nearly 750 mass shootings over a six-year span found about 60 percent of the shootings were either domestic violence attacks or committed by men with histories of domestic violence.
10:50
The Biden administration is facing intense criticism from U.S. progressives after carrying out airstrikes on eastern Syria said to be targeting Iranian-backed militia groups.
14:57
Asian American Communities Organize Against Rise in Hate Crimes, Say More Policing Is Not the Answer
One recent study found a 150 percent increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 2020, even though overall hate crimes fell last year.
2:38
Millions of women around the world are taking to the streets today to mark International Women's Day — in a year where women have been disproportionately impacted by rising poverty, unemployment and violence during the pandemic.
7:37
Rutgers University has voted to begin divesting from fossil fuels, following a campaign by the student-organized Endowment Justice Collective that grew out of the Global Climate Strike in 2019.
17:48
The United States and other wealthy members of the World Trade Organization have blocked a push by dozens of developing countries to waive patent rights in an effort to boost production of COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations.
