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Distribution for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine began on Sunday, just two days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized it for emergency use. Moderna’s vaccine distribution means the U.S. now has two vaccines in its arsenal to fight the pandemic that has infected more than 17.7 million Americans and claimed more than 317,000 lives. McKesson, a healthcare supply chain management…

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens to President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 10.   WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office in January as a historic first, shattering a glass ceiling and becoming one of the most powerful women in the United States. But as President-elect Joe Biden fills out his administration, divvying…

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to open up the Senate in Washington on Sunday. WASHINGTON — After months of stalemate, Congress struck a deal on nearly $900 billion in Covid-19 relief, including a new round of direct payments and help for jobless Americans, families and businesses struggling in the pandemic. “More help is on the way,”…

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING.   MacKenzie Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, has donated $25M to Mississippi’s Alcorn State University. This is the largest single donation that the HBCU has received in the school’s 149-year history. Scott was once married to Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. “This gift is truly transformational and we are humbled by…

As the Electoral College vote concluded, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. criticized President Trump and his allies for subjecting elections officials to threats and abuse. “The integrity of our elections remains intact,” he said in a speech. Biden calls Trump’s attacks on voting ‘unconscionable.’…

Early four dozen of the nation’s top companies have joined together to fight the economic imbalance Black people face in this country. Companies like Target, Nike, Delta, Allstate, and AT&T have formed a group called OneTen and have vowed to hire and invest in 1 million Black Americans over the next ten years. The OneTen…

In a page seemingly taken right out of Donald Trump‘s white supremacist campaign playbook, a photo showing Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler smiling alongside a formerKu Klux Klan leader with a brutally racist history has gone viral this weekend.Chester Doles apparently posted the photo on his Facebook after the two of them posed while smiling at an event on Friday. A pro-Jewish organization…

According to cnn.com, United Parcel Service (UPS) finally is lifting several strict rules on how employees who interact with the public — mostly the delivery drivers — can wear their facial hair and hairstyles. To quote from CNN.com: The changes relax the strict limits on facial hair (nobeards for most employees, and mustaches limited to above the crease of the…

Madam Vice President-Elect Knows The Importance Of Lifting Up Other Women As She Ascends. Madam Vice President-elect Harris just keeps on making history. On December 3, it was announced that all of her top aides will be women. This means that for the first time ever, the three top positions in the office of the vice president will…