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May 13 2020
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68% of Americans say an available vaccine is very important before returning to normal life, new survey finds
Two new Gallup surveys show how stay-at-home behavior and attitudes towards the pandemic have changed in the last month.
Here were some of the key findings:
Small gatherings: Fewer people avoiding small gatherings than were doing so last month, one survey found.
Around 74% of Americans say they’re avoiding small gatherings — that's down slightly from 80% who said so in mid
CNN (Online News)Aug 31 2020
Analysis
The Best Way to Vote in Every State
An extremely comprehensive guide to making sure your ballot gets counted, no matter where in America you live.
Americans tend to think of voting as something you do on Election Day, a sacred democratic ritual: go to the polls, fill out your ballot in a booth, then wear an “I Voted” sticker to tout your civic virtue. The reality is often messier than that, as we’ve seen every year in the
SlateMar 16 2020
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Kentucky becomes latest state to delay primary due to coronavirus
Kentucky is the third state to postpone scheduled primaries due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Kentucky law allows the secretary of state and the governor to jointly act to change the time of an election due to a state of emergency," Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said in a video posted to Twitter on Monday. "Today, Gov. [Andy] Beshear and I agreed to delay the primary
Washington ExaminerJul 20 2020
Analysis
America is sleepwalking toward economic catastrophe
The country is ambling toward a cliff, putting millions of Americans’ lives and livelihoods in danger and all but ensuring prolonged economic distress nationwide. It didn’t have to be this way. Yet here we are, unable to shake out of it.
The Covid-19 pandemic tossed much of the US economy into disarray earlier this year. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, and businesses across the
VoxAug 26 2021
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GOP faces hurdles in push to make Afghanistan matter in the midterms
House Republicans hope to ride Joe Biden’s messy Afghanistan withdrawal to victory in the midterms. It won't be that easy.
With the GOP already in a strong position to retake the House next year, the president's first major foreign-policy crisis could give the party an additional boost as it tries to chip away at his popularity. But several factors threaten to undermine Republican
PoliticoApr 28 2021
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Biden to pitch sweeping ‘family plan’ in speech to Congress
Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform the role government plays in American life.
Biden will make his case Wednesday night before a pared-down gathering of mask-wearing legislators due to coronavirus restrictions and
Associated Press Fact CheckAug 07 2021
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Unvaccinated More Than Twice as Likely to Get Covid-19 Again, CDC Says
Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with Covid-19 than people who are fully vaccinated, a new study suggests, underscoring the importance of vaccines in containing the pandemic.
The study, published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at nearly 250 patients in Kentucky who had Covid-19 in 2020 and tested positive again between
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 09 2020
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Celebrities Organize Major Benefit For China-Complicit WHO
The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is finally forcing a conversation about our vast economic entanglements with communist China. While we’re reevaluating those ties, celebrities are flocking to TikTok and raising money for the China-complicit World Health Organization.
Lady Gaga is helping organize a major star-studded special on April 18, set to air across CBS, ABC, and NBC. The list of
The FederalistJun 23 2021
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A new political tone over gun violence?
As shootings rise, a primary race in New York and President Biden’s anti-crime package reflect a more nuanced approach to crime.
In more than 100 countries, the homicide rate has been falling over the past 13 years. Not so in the United States. In the past 18 months, starting before the pandemic, the murder rate has risen 25% to 30%, mainly in big cities, with warnings of a violent
Christian Science MonitorDec 22 2020
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Drugmakers rush to test whether vaccines stop coronavirus variant
Drug makers including BioNTech and Moderna are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading variant of the virus that is raging in Britain, the latest challenge in the breakneck race to curb the pandemic.
Ugur Sahin, chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech, which with partner Pfizer took less than a year to get a vaccine approved, said on Tuesday he needs
Reuters