AvatarErin SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNew mask rules for California state workers: Who still needs a face covering?sacbee.com - By Wes VenteicherMost fully vaccinated California state employees don’t need to wear masks at work anymore, the state Human Resources Department announced Monday. The …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatar'Not acceptable': Obama slams GOP plan to filibuster voting rights billNBC News - By Dareh Gregorian and Jane C. Timm"They're suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions," the former president said of Republican opposition to the For the People Act. Former President Barack Obama on Monday called the filibuster a "tool for obstruction" and urged Republican senators not to use it to …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarBiden signs Juneteenth bill, creating new federal holiday commemorating end of slavery in U.S.verified_publisherCNBC - Kevin BreuningerPresident Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill establishing Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarHouse passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holidayNBC News - By Dareh Gregorian and Haley TalbotThe Senate unanimously voted for the measure Tuesday. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden's desk, and Democrats hope he signs it into law by June 19. The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to make Juneteenth a national federal holiday, 415-14, and President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarCoronavirus delta variant ‘may hit us pretty hard’ this fall. Here’s what you need to knowPBS NewsHourAs Americans mourn 600,000 lives lost to COVID-19, two states once hit hard by the pandemic — California and New York — ended nearly all health …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarCalifornia fully reopens after being 1st to shut in pandemicPBS NewsHour - Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press, Stefanie Dazio, Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, has turned a page on the pandemic. The nation’s …
AvatarErin SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoQueen will 'not stay silent' and challenge 'mistruths' after Meghan and Harry name rowverified_publishermirror.co.uk - Kara O'NeillThe Queen will no longer allow "mistruths" circulated by those close to Meghan and Harry to go unchecked, it has been revealed. The monarch has …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarMeghan Markle and Prince Harry Welcome Baby Girl — Named for Both the Queen and Princess Diana!verified_publisherPeople - Erin HillMeghan Markle and Prince Harry are now a family of four! The Duchess of Sussex welcomed the couple's second child — a baby girl — on Friday. "It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the …
AvatarErin SmithAvatarAvatarW. Kamau Bell: Few things say ‘the US economy is broken’ more than thisverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by W. Kamau BellCNN — As many of us excitedly toss off our masks, freshly vaccinated (or freshly faking being vaccinated), and in a hurry to get back to “normal,” there is something decidedly “not normal” going on. We’re in an era of historic job loss, and yet there are jobs available. Except it looks like no one …
AvatarErin SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoUNC will no longer offer Nikole Hannah-Jones tenured position over '1619' backlashthegrio.com - Sytonia ReidThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reneged on a tenured position it offered to Pulitzer-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones. …