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Schools and families have struggled to adjust to the abrupt change in how children learn over the past year. 

"This bill is the most ambitious in the country in terms of social equity," said the New York State director for the Drug Policy Alliance.

Amid ongoing political debates over the pandemic, Brazil has seen record high daily death totals from COVID-19 in recent weeks and experienced nationwide I.C.U. shortages. 

Critics are frustrated that members of the White House press corps failed to ask about the ongoing pandemic or the rise of anti-Asian violence. 

This week, a gunman in Boulder, Colorado killed ten people while they were shopping in a local grocery store.

This week, President Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the United States’ response to the growing number of migrants arriving at the southern border.

15 people have been selected to serve on the jury during the much-anticipated trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who has been charged in the murder of George Floyd. 

The jury has been selected for the trial of Derek Chauvin, set to start this upcoming Monday. 

The trauma of the last year will linger beyond the mass deployment of a vaccine. 

A new report shows how cities spend $25 billion for more than 3,000 jails nationwide. 

Since the pandemic began more than two million women have left the workforce. And as a result, women have also carried the brunt of the economic costs of the pandemic.

Women's basketball teams participating in the NCAA postseason tournament were met with inferior facilities and meals.   

Even in states where recreational weed is legal, there are still many complexities. 

More than a dozen states have seen increases in their daily case averages. In Michigan alone, there’s been a 92% increase in COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks.  

The Violence Against Women Act was first put into place in 1994 and established federal legal protections for victims of violent crime. 

The Biden administration continues to struggle to respond to the increase in unaccompanied minors being admitted at the U.S.-Mexico border. 

This month, two different bills aiming to redefine Puerto Rico's relationship to the mainland U.S. have been introduced in Congress. 

A recently declassified national intelligence report outlines efforts authorized by foreign leaders to influence public opinion about the 2020 presidential race.

The vaccine rollouts have to do with systemic issues, not individual issues. 

President Joe Biden's cabinet is filling up slowly, but some of his remaining nominees are facing tough questioning from Republicans.