Arizona urged to get more vaccines into Latino neighborhoods
ANITA SNOW, Associated Press
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1of8Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., right, is joined by Kristin Urquiza, left, speak at a pop-up informational tent increasing efforts to bring more vaccine doses into Latino neighborhoods at a local shopping plaza Friday, May 7, 2021, in Phoenix. Gallego said he is helping organize vaccination events in Latino neighborhoods, including one May 15 at a west Phoenix high school.Ross D. Franklin/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., left, is joined by Kristin Urquiza, right, as they speak at a pop-up informational tent increasing efforts to bring more vaccine doses into Latino neighborhoods at a local shopping plaza Friday, May 7, 2021, in Phoenix. Gallego said he is helping organize vaccination events in Latino neighborhoods, including one May 15 at a west Phoenix high school.Ross D. Franklin/APShow MoreShow Less
A year into the pandemic, strangers find healing in their shared grief
In the year since WHO declared a global pandemic, millions are trying to come to terms with loss in a country desperate to move on.
For those who lost loved ones during the pandemic, the circumstances of their deaths have left lasting scars. Now, a year after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, millions of Americans are attempting to find healing and community.Photograph by Nicola Muirhead
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Shortly before Christmas, Flor Betancourt visited her neurologist for a routine appointment. She couldn’t help but mention that her younger brother died of COVID-19 last spring, and hadn’t called or texted her to say goodbye. Since last April 26, she’d been torturing herself and everyone she knew with the same question: Why hadn’t Juan called her from the hospital or answered her calls?
Transcript: The ReidOut, August 18, 2020
Guests: Barbara Boxer, Julian Castro, Gwen Moore, Kristin Urquiza
Aug. 18, 2020, 11:00 PM UTC
Michelle Obama delivers stirring address at DNC. DeJoy backpedals on USPS changes. Day two of Democratic Convention is said to focus on leadership. Senator Warren says, suspending USPS changes a good start. USPS chief backpedals on controversial changes. USPS chief suspends changes until after election. States sue Trump administration over Postal Service changes. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will speak tonight. There is a damning affirmation by the Republican-controlled Senate that Russia helped get Trump elected.
JOY REID, MSNBC HOST: It s day two of the Democratic National Convention. Last night set the tone for the week with the biggest star of the Democratic Party dropping the hammer on Donald Trump. If Michelle Obama had addressed a packed arena, she would have brought the house down. Her simple alarming message, Donald Trump is not
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A House subcommittee hearing Wednesday on media disinformation, especially in cable news, broke down predictably along partisan lines. But representatives and other speakers agreed that the issue is of major concern in an age of increasingly polarized media and amplification of falsehoods.
Much of the disagreement stemmed from a letter sent this week by California Democratic committee members Anna Eshoo and Jerry McNerney to distributors of pay TV and streaming services decrying a right-wing media ecosystem that they claim is more susceptible to disinformation and lies. They ask why they continue to carry right-wing media outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network (OAN).
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