White House Promises To Provide Schools 10 Million Free Coronavirus Tests Per Month
The White House is promising to provide 10 million free coronavirus tests each month for schools, aiming to help keep classes in person at a time when testing across the country is uneven and, in some cases, virtually nonexistent. President Joe Biden has pushed schools to open and stay open for in-person learning, mindful of […]
Federal Agencies Must Test Unvaccinated Workers Weekly Starting In February, Biden Administration Says
Federal agencies must start testing unvaccinated employees at least weekly for the coronavirus by Feb. 15, the Biden administration said in new guidance issued Tuesday. The testing, which mainly affects those exempted from President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal workers, would be required during any week in which those employees “work onsite or interact […]
Chicago Union Leaders OK Plan To Resume In-Person Class
Chicago schools are poised to resume classes this week after leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a plan with the district late Monday over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. Both sides had been locked in an increasingly nasty standoff that canceled classes for four days in the nation’s third-largest school district. The […]
Email Spam Is Breaking Through Again. Here’s What You Can Do To Minimize It.
Jaden Geller is giving up on his Gmail inbox. The 26-year-old security engineer in San Francisco has been battling an explosion of spam to his free email account for months, like mailing lists he never signed up for and obvious scams. He thinks the address has been comprised beyond saving. “I was better about actually […]
Report: More Than 1,700 Congressmen Once Enslaved Black People
From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writing the nation’s laws were current or former slaveowners. More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th and even 20th centuries owned human beings at some point in their lives, according […]
NYC Mayor Cites “White Supremacy” Threat to Justify Brother’s High-Profile NYPD Gig
Barely a week into his tenure as New York City mayor, Eric Adams is already facing criticism and accusations of nepotism for appointing his younger brother as a deputy police commissioner. On Sunday, he tried to explain himself. Adams confirmed that he had indeed tapped Bernard Adams—a retired New York Police Department sergeant—for the post, which commands an annual […]
Pelosi Invites Biden To Deliver State Of The Union Address On March 1 As Nation Grapples With Latest Coronavirus Wave
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday invited President Biden to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1. “Indeed, this past year has been historic: with the life-saving American Rescue Plan, once-in-a-century Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, soon, the truly transformational Build Back Better Act!” Pelosi wrote in a letter to Biden. “In that spirit, I am […]
Supreme Court Conservatives Skeptical Of Biden Vaccine And Mask Requirements
Several conservative justices suggested they didn’t think the government had the authority to impose such sweeping requirements covering millions of employees. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled Friday that it is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to enforce a sweeping rule intended to help stop the spread of Covid in the nation’s workplaces. The […]
White House, USPS Finalizing Plans To Begin Shipping Coronavirus Test Kits To U.S. Households
The White House is finalizing details with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver 500 million coronavirus test kits to households across the country, according to four people familiar with the plans, kick-starting a key part of President Joe Biden’s response to the raging omicron variant. The administration will launch a website allowing individuals to request […]
Moderna CEO Says Fourth Vaccine Dose Could Be Needed In Fall
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Thursday said people may need a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine in Fall 2022, CNBC and other news outlets reported. Bancel, while speaking at a health care event organized by Goldman Sachs, said that the booster efficacy will wane over time, similar to the first two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. […]