COVAX had planned to make available 250 million doses, but the U.N. agency in charge of deliveries says the first shipments now likely won’t be made until April or May The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations…
The city’s sweeping vaccine mandate for workers will still apply to people with other types of jobs, including government employees New York City’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games…
It appears that the separation reports that circulated online last year about reality stars Juaquin “Waka Flocka” Malphurs and Tammy Rivera are true. On March 21, Rivera, who went on Instagram Live to inform her followers on what she’s been up to, confirmed while discussing their new reality series that she and the rapper are no longer together. Waka Flocka and…
Source: Facebook.com/hamptonuniversity Hampton University is receiving significant backlash on social media after the school announced it would allow students impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to study at its campus tuition-free. Last week the school announced that it would allow students studying in Ukraine who were affected by the ongoing war to attend the Virginia-based…
Her vote is not expected to be pivotal on a court with a 6-3 conservative majority that is skeptical of the role of race in education and voting. WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies…
OPINION: One of my absolute favorite cultural imports is the show’s slang, which I now try to incorporate into everyday life. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There’s a lot of good television out there in the world to watch these days. It…
The Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign claims that Jackson’s Ticket, Arrest and Tow initiative criminalizes poverty. A new initiative launched in 2022 by Jackson, Mississippi police is being criticized for disproportionately impacting poor people. The Mississippi Clarion-Ledger is reporting that the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign claims that Jackson’s Ticket, Arrest and Tow program is criminalizing poverty….
The justices threw out voting maps the Wisconsin Supreme Court had selected for the State Assembly and Senate, but they left in place state congressional maps. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin’s top court, a…
“I just needed help, I was crying like a baby and the horrors I saw on the way were still fresh on my memory,” said Desmond Muokwudo, a 30-year-old University of Customs and Finances student in Dnipro, Ukraine, who fled the country amid the ongoing conflict with Russia that began on Feb. 24. Muokwudo is…
Three-time Grammy Award winner Lizzo is known to make a statement with her outfits, or lack thereof. Still, on March 22, the singer may have missed her mark after suffering a fashion mishap during an Instagram video with Gabrielle Union. The two women, who were guests on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” decided to occupy their time…
