By Christina Maxouris, CNN Nearly one in 10 Americans — more than 32 million people — are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The progress offers hope that the brutal battle against the virus is slowly nearing its end. But we’re not there just yet.
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By Shirin Ali, CNN Former first lady Michelle Obama will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame this year. The organization announced its nine-member Class of 2021 on Monday. Along with Obama, it includes soccer icon Mia Hamm, NASA’s first African American female engineer Katherine Johnson and PepsiCo’s first female CEO, Indra Nooyi.
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Georgia’s House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that would roll back citizen’s arrest law in the state. Monday’s passage of the bill came just over a year after Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia, while jogging. If HB 479 makes it through the state Senate and
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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN President Joe Biden plans to use the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill expected to pass Congress on Wednesday as a platform for a generational transformation of the economy to benefit the least well-off Americans and alleviate poverty. The passage of a bill of this scale and ambition two months into
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By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business “Blinding Lights” singer The Weeknd may be the latest chart-topping Black performer to be snubbed by the Grammys, but he’s far from alone. A new study unveiled Tuesday underscores just how rare it has been for the music industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony to bestow its highest honors to Black
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN White and Black Americans’ perceptions of race relations and the circumstances around George Floyd’s death remain split, a new poll has found. Ahead of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis Police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, a USA Today/Ipsos poll explored America’s views on race, policing
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By Jeremiah Rodriguez, CTVNews.ca Writer TORONTO, Ontario For many Black and racialized viewers, Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan was a high-profile example of how systemic racism plays out in the workplace and how it can lead to feelings of isolation. That issue was top of mind for viewers throughout the interview, which
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Working from home while caring for family during a deadly pandemic has been transformational for many women — and often not in a good way. With few child care options and increased demands at home, more than 2 million women have dropped out of the workforce entirely. And millions more
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US lawmakers are calling for research into the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on mental health. Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Tim Kaine of Virginia exclusively told CNN that they plan to introduce the Covid-19 Mental Health Research Act on Tuesday afternoon. The legislation would direct $100 million annually for five
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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN At last, there’s some good news. Exactly one horrific, demoralizing and family-splitting year since darkness descended on America, top public health officials arrived at a (virtual) White House coronavirus strategy briefing on Monday armed with tangible hope. In announcing new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on how
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