I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs.
We dutifully lined up at school to get polio shots (without the howling of governors or anti-vaxxers). And we eradicated polio.
Why has saving lives become political?
Congratulations! AKA EAF and CEO, Dr. Glenda Glover, announce the latest round of HBCU Endowment Awardees. Thirty-Two (32) 4 year HBCUs were each awarded a $50,000 endowment, and three (3) 2-year HBCUs were each awarded $12,500, for a total of over $1.6 million! #AKAHBCUForLife
John Lewis and C.T. Vivian loved this country so much that they risked their lives so that it might live up to its promise. They gave all of themselves to the cause of freedom and justice, and inspired generations to follow their example. Now it’s up to us to continue the work.
I have known Meghan for 17 years.
Here’s what she is: kind, strong, open. Here’s what she’s not: “a bully”.
ANY of us who know her, feel the same thing from her broken silence: Relief.
The truth shall set you free.
Three weeks ago, I announced we would have enough vaccine supply for all Americans by the end of July.
Now, with our efforts to ramp up production, we will have enough vaccines for every American by the end of May.
518,000 Americans are dead from this pandemic, struggling families desperately need help – and every single Senate Republican just tried to stop the COVID-19 relief bill. They should be ashamed.
Republicans have already introduced 253 bills in 43 states to suppress the right to vote.
We must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The stakes could not be higher.
Today, I am directing every state to prioritize educators for vaccination. We want every educator, school staff member, and child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of this month.
It’s time to treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is.
If Republicans have suddenly begun to deeply value and prioritize bipartisanship in Washington, they can start by supporting $2k checks and retroactive unemployment for people. Then it will be bipartisan 🌞
Today was a good day.
And it was only possible because of you. Because you made calls. Because you marched. Because you wore your masks and voted like never before.
For four years, you defended our democracy with everything you had—and now, our country can enter a new day.
NEW: A video of the Duchess of Sussex reading ‘Duck! Rabbit!’ to Archie has been released to celebrate his first birthday today 🎂 It’s been published by @savechildrenuk as part of their #savewithstories campaign to help children during the Coronavirus pandemic 📚.
Dr. Fauci pressing black ppl to do social distancing saying health disparities won't be solved soon. He said:
"I plead w/ all of us in the population but particularly for those of us, our brothers & sisters in the African American community bc we know that mitigation does work.”
For people who started screeching when I named environmental racism+COVID:
Black + Brown communities have long been treated as dump yards. Trucking + waste sites spike respiratory & other disease.
The Bronx already had some of the highest asthma rates in the US. Then COVID hit.