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Ohio citizens who commit to getting a COVID-19 vaccination shot in the coming weeks could also get a shot at $1 million for their efforts. Gov. Mike DeWine has announced what is being described as a “novel incentive program” to ensure Ohioans keep getting vaccinated, protecting as many of its…
Thanks to extraordinary registration efforts and incredibly high turnout among younger and U.S.-born Hispanics, a new study conducted at the City University of New York has found that voting rates for Latinx men and women reached a new record high during the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Suzanne Gamboa of NBC…
In a pre-Pride Month gift to LGBTQ Americans, President Biden’s administration has announced that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals are now protected against discrimination from hospitals, physicians and insurance companies, effectively reversing a biased and prejudiced rule that went into effect last year during then-President Trump’s time in office….
In 2020, former President Barack Obama warned that the phrase “Defund the Police” could become a dangerous rallying cry for the conservative right. But now, Republicans have apparently taken that warning one step further, declaring war on all things “woke.” Allan Smith and Sahil Kapur of NBC News wrote that…
In a televised speech he will make before both houses of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, President Biden plans to unveil “The American Families Plan,” a new tax plan aimed at making the nation’s millionaires pay for desperately needed social support, including increases in childcare spending, education, and paid leave….
In a new move designed to help further combat food insecurity in America’s youth, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new plan to help feed the more than 30 million at-risk, hungry school children over the summer months while school is not in session. “If children and children’s…
After more than a week of debate and negotiation between Republicans and Democrats, the Senate appears to have neared a deal on anti-Asian hate crime legislation which could now go up for a vote for approval as early as today, April 22. Jordain Carney of The Hill has reported that…
Three decades after the idea of reparations was first introduced on Capitol Hill to help repair the lasting effects of slavery, a new bill that would lead to the creation of a “reparations commission” is moving closer to a full vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. Juana Summers of…
In another historic first for his administration, President Biden has announced the nomination of foreign policy and national security expert Christine Wormuth as the next secretary of the Army. If confirmed, she would become the first-ever woman to serve in that role — one of the highest-ranking military officials in…
As states like Arkansas and South Carolina ramp up efforts to take away women’s rights and limit access to birth control and abortions, an unlikely alley has emerged in the fight to preserve the right to choose: the U.S. Postal Service. On April 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…