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The Right Way to Compare Vaccines Is Not What You Think. Miiry | Salif Diarra. Georgia Lawmaker Arrested. Joe Biden’s Scandals | Desi Lydic Foxsplains. Feds Consider Sedition Charges.

Georgia was the first Southern state to pass a poll tax to disenfranchise newly emancipated Black voters during Reconstruction. Now it’s one of the first states to pass sweeping new voting restrictions, based on Trump’s lies about a stolen election.

"We have canvassers and organizers who are ready to go. We saw a huge difference when we engaged and organized communities in terms of the [election] turnout in Southwest Georgia. The same can be done with accessing the vaccine."

Raphael Warnock Gives FIRST Speech From the Senate Floor. Rep. Grace Meng Says Asian Americans Have Been “Screaming Out for Help.” Inside the Fight to Unionize an Amazon Facility. Q: Into the Storm. The Biggest Deficit You’ve Never Heard Of.

In his first speech as a US senator, the Rev Raphael Warnock warns Americans of a rightwing attack on voting rights. Here are his remarks.

Since coronavirus shutdowns began last March, thousands of Asian Americans have faced racist verbal and physical attacks or have been shunned. Tuesday evening a white gunman in Atlanta, killed eight people—six of whom were women of Asian descent...

Here's why she thinks it can get support from reluctant centrist Democrats.