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Michelle Obama Addressed Monday Night During The Democratic National Convention. Source: PBS News Hour
This past week almost 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits. After rising for two-weeks straight towards the end of July, last week new jobless claims had been down 249,000. Before the pandemic the amount of Americans trying to get unemployment checks had never been more than 700,00 per week. The Labor Department […]
On Wednesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp overruled all local government mask requirements, even though the infection rate of Georgia is increasing at a very high rate. The governor’s executive order has extended the state of emergency status but instead of requiring masks, they are now “strongly encouraged.” Constituents and local officials are divided on the […]
During a conference call to the media to address updates on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo mentioned that there would be a new regulation concerning dining out. Bars are now only allowed to serve patrons alcohol if they ordered food at the same time and there would be […]
“Looks like Cuomo running to be the next Black President”. That’s the response my friend had while reading a tweet from Governor Cuomo to Mayor Keisha Bottoms of Atlanta. In the tweet Cuomo says New York is preparing to send 7,500 test kits, 30,000 pieces of PPE (personal protection equipment) and 1,250 gallons of hand […]
At this point, Donald Trump is overtly trying to manipulate the 2020 presidential election. In his White House briefing Thursday he said he is not going to give the United States Post Office any money. But the kicker is why he is against the much-needed funding. Trump said he is not going to give the […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo still hasn’t decided if schools will be allowed to open this fall. Officials predict that a decision will be made by early August, but there’s no guarantee that it will happen at all. In the meantime, school districts are trying to get ahead of the decision by upgrading their infrastructure […]
On Tuesday night, officials in the city of Asheville, North Carolina voted unanimously on a resolution that would give reparations to the Black residents of the city. The idea to pay reparations in Asheville has been tossed around for a long time, but after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, lawmakers decided it was […]
The US Postal Services needs millions of dollars in emergency funds to keep the mail coming. Today the President said that he does not want to fund it because it would be used for mail-in voting. “They don’t have the money to do the universal mail-in voting. So therefore, they can’t do it, I guess,” […]
A day after announcing his VP pick on Instagram, Joe Biden welcomes Senator Kamala Harris to Delaware to formally address the nation as running mates. Watch it here.
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