WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris made history Wednesday night as the first Black woman to accept a spot on a major party’s presidential ticket. In her highly anticipated address capping…
Day: August 19, 2020
Pharmacists get OK to give childhood shots
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharmacists in all 50 states are now allowed to give childhood vaccinations under a new directive aimed at preventing future outbreaks of measles and other preventable…
Democratic boundary breakers' night: Obama, Clinton, Harris
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Democrats’ historic boundary breakers are joining forces at the party’s national convention in an urgent effort to rouse the diverse coalition Joe Biden will need…
Billboards come down from Washington Park Cemetery
BERKELEY (AP) — Billboards that had stood over an African American cemetery in suburban St. Louis are coming down. The removal this week of the six lighted billboards is the…
A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service
By Patty Heyda, Washington University – The U.S. Postal Service is under threat of collapse and privatization. This comes after years of federal political maneuvering that has in effect depleted…