September 10, 2021

Beyoncé and Jay-Z team with Tiffany & Co. for HBCU scholarships

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By Lisa Respers France, The Carters are bringing some love to five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Following the launch of their “About Love” campaign, it’s been announced that Beyoncé and Jay-Z have partnered with Tiffany & Co. for the Love Scholarship program via BeyGOOD and the Shawn Carter Foundation. Tiffany & Co. has pledge

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President Joe Biden watches as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Joe Biden tries to push the nation past the 9/11 era as he commemorates 20th anniversary of the attacks

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By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, In the middle of chaos 20 years ago, Sen. Joe Biden wanted to get inside the US Capitol. That was the safest place to be on September 11, he argued when his daughter Ashley called him, pleading that he leave Washington as the terror attacks were unfolding. Blocked as he strode up the marble

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ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Security envelopes for absentee ballots sit in stacked boxes as Fulton county workers continue to count absentee ballots at State Farm Arena on November 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2020 presidential race between incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is still too close to call with outstanding ballots in a number of states including Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

New network will offer free legal help to election officials to fight attacks and intimidation

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By Fredreka Schouten, Two prominent election lawyers have joined forces to launch a network that will provide free legal assistance to election officials who have faced unprecedented threats during and after the 2020 election. Democrat Bob Bauer, former White House counsel in the Obama administration, and Ben Ginsberg, a leading Republican election lawyer who represented President George

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MIAMI, FLORIDA - AUGUST 30: Healthcare workers at a 24-hour drive-thru site set up by Miami-Dade and Nomi Health in Tropical Park administer COVID-19 tests on August 30, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health opened the round-the-clock testing site in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state, driven predominantly by the Delta variant. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Children make up more than a quarter of the weekly US Covid-19 cases, pediatricians’ group says

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By Jacqueline Howard, Amir Vera and Madeline Holcombe, Children now represent more than a quarter — or 26.8% — of weekly Covid-19 cases nationwide, according to data released Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The update comes as schools across the US have been in session or are getting into full swing. Experts have encouraged

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Virginia HBCU Hampton University is a vaccinated island in a sea of COVID

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By Chanelle Chandler As it marks its return to in-person classes, Hampton University, a prominent historically black college known colloquially as “Home by the Sea,” is setting an example of how to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The school, which is located in Hampton, Va., has required that students be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, mandated masks

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: A Fair Maps Rally was held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. The rally coincides with the U.S. Supreme Court hearings in landmark redistricting cases out of North Carolina and Maryland. The activists sent the message the the Court should declare gerrymandering unconstitutional now. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Shelby County ruling could make it easier for states to get away with extreme racial gerrymandering

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By Tierney Sneed, The 2013 Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act still finds new ways to scramble the Justice Department’s enforcement of the landmark 1965 law. As legislation that restores a key element of the law makes its way toward a likely Senate GOP filibuster, the Justice Department is heading into the first redistricting

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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the Covid-19 response and the vaccination program at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Biden said full approval of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine should clear the way for companies to impose vaccine requirements for employees. Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Biden announces new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans

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By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, President Joe Biden on Thursday imposed stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19. The new requirements could apply to as many as 100 million Americans — close to two-thirds of the American workforce —

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Demonstrators gather during a protest against the expiration of the eviction moratorium outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. A last-minute extension of an eviction moratorium for renters collapsed Friday, leaving millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes after the ban lifts on Saturday. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pandemic unemployment benefits and eviction protections have expired. Here’s what federal help is still available

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By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill that would greatly expand the nation’s safety net programs.

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