Ethan Oberman

With the Delta variant posing a threat nationwide, many health experts say that being in a tightly-packed crowd at a music festival is risky, regardless of vaccination status.

Over the past week, several major private sector employers, including Disney and Walmart, have announced that they will be requiring vaccinations for certain groups of their employees.

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives held its first hearing on the January 6th insurrection. The Takeaway speaks with former Capitol Police Chief Terry Gainer about the testimony.

On Monday, the Biden administration announced that it had repatriated Abdul Latif Nasser out of the Guantánamo Bay prison complex.  

As the technology becomes more convincing, what are the potential risks of exploring AI audio without establishing widespread norms and conventions?

On Thursday, a confirmation hearing was held for Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, President Biden’s nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

On Wednesday, the CDC released data showing that more than 93,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2020.

This season, Shohei Ohtani has shown how exciting it is to watch a player excel on the mound and at the plate. 

A report put out this year by the non-profit Freedom House says that 2020 was the 15th consecutive year in which global freedoms declined, as authoritarian leaders gained more power.

Following the assassination, Haiti’s police force has killed four people it suspects in the president’s killing.

Character actor Colman Domingo stars in "Zola" as an intimidating pimp, a departure from the range of compassionate figures he’s played in recent years.

This comes just a month after the comedian was denied parole, due in part for refusing to participate in a program for sexually violent offenders. 

This month, many Black TikTok creators have staged a strike to call attention to the frequent appropriation of Black-created dances by white users on the app. 

On Wednesday, President Biden laid out his plans for addressing the nationwide rise in violent crime and homicides.

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats put the For the People Act, a voting rights expansion bill, up for a test vote. But as expected, Republicans blocked the bill from advancing. 

While the timeframe to renegotiate terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is brief, officials appear optimistic that an agreement can be reached before Iran’s presidential transition.  

Getting critical race theory out of schools has become a conservative rallying cry this year. 

Last weekend, nearly 3,000 restaurant owners who had been approved for grants under a plan prioritizing people of color and women were told that their payments have been put on hold.

Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked the USDA's debt relief program for farmers of color, siding with a group of white farmers who say the policy discriminates against them.

The Biden administration is hoping the new Israeli parliamentary coalition will succeed, but their policy goals may diverge.