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Momentum is building for a stock-trading tax — and Wall Street is furious

Uncle Sam is in search for a pot of gold that could ease the pain of trillion-dollar deficits. And some believe Wall Street might just have the answer.

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Michelle Obama is launching a cooking show on Netflix

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix.

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Race and Data Discrimination In America

Today there is a welcomed breath of fresh political air in Washington, DC even amidst the unprecedented spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic throughout the United States. According to the Biden-Harris Administration the issues of racial justice and equity are now top priorities in a “whole of government” commitment to all Americans, and in particular to African Americans and other people of color communities.

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Texas Democrats On The Biden Administration Securing Three New Mass Vaccination Sites In Texas

The Biden White House announced that they are partnering with the state of Texas to open three new mass vaccination sites to vaccinate up to 10,000 Texans in underserved communities per day.

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CNN to host town hall with President Joe Biden

Less than one month after taking office, President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, answering questions from Americans as the nation struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic and jumpstart a troubled economy.

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Congress has already approved $4 trillion in Covid relief. Here's what's happened to it

Congress has authorized nearly $4 trillion in spending over the past year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but only about $3 trillion of it has been spent.

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More than 80 civil rights organizations call on Biden to abolish the federal death penalty

More than 80 nationally recognized criminal justice and civil rights advocacy organizations have joined in the call to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him to abolish the federal death penalty and commute the sentences of 49 death row inmates to life in prison.

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Covid-19 vaccines to be sent directly to community health centers to target 'hard-to-reach populations'

The Biden administration will send some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply directly to community health centers starting next week as part of an effort to reach underserved areas, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced Tuesday.

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Michelle Obama is launching a cooking show on Netflix

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix.

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The Legendary Cicely Tyson

"We have to honor this blessed gift that we have. That's what keeps you going. Keeps your mind fluid -- your heart, your whole being," said the Hollywood legend Cicely Tyson five year ago in a Time magazine story. "You can't just stop, because that will be the end of you."

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Covid-19 vaccine rollout puts a spotlight on unequal internet access

In January 2020, members of Congress held a hearing to discuss the importance of digital literacy and closing the digital divide, or who has access to broadband internet and who doesn't. Just weeks later, the coronavirus began sweeping across the country and upending the lives of many Americans. In so doing, it shone an even brighter spotlight on the internet haves and have-nots, a dividing line in America that often is shape

My Great-Grandmother Was Exposed to Lynchings; This is what she would say about the Capitol riot

The mob action that took place at the US Capitol two weeks before the inauguration was a reminder that most White and Black Americans live in different worlds with vastly different realities.

Mexican vacation and organic food are on the alleged Capitol rioters' wish lists

Before you plan an insurrection, it's a good idea to clear your calendar for the weeks after. Maybe make arrangements for someone to water your plants, feed the dog and pay your bills -- in case that, you know, there are consequences.

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Hunter Biden is writing a book about his struggle with addiction

President Joe Biden's son Hunter is publishing a memoir about his struggle with addiction that will be released in April.

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Biden to announce major foreign policy shifts including end of support for war in Yemen

President Joe Biden is set to announce a series of significant changes to US foreign policy including measures on Yemen and LBGTQ rights during a speech at the State Department, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday.

Country music's race issue is no surprise

Following a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017, there was a great deal of discussion about the culture around the music genre and guns.

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Biden: No family members will be involved in any government decisions

President Joe Biden vowed that no one in his extended family will have sway over government decisions in an interview with People magazine published Wednesday.

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Senate power-sharing agreement reached, Schumer announces, allowing Democrats to take control of committees

A deal has been reached in the Senate in principle on a power-sharing agreement that had precluded Democrats from taking control of the committees, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday morning.

Trump's impeachment defense takes shape

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a 14-page brief Tuesday that previews two main arguments we can expect to hear when the Senate impeachment trial kicks off next week:

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UPS gives its Express delivery boxes a Black History Month makeover

UPS is celebrating Black History Month with a special design on Express delivery packages, part of a campaign to support Black-owned small businesses.