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Biden Is Ending The Covid-19 Emergency In May. What Does That Mean?

President Joe Biden announced he will be ending the two COVID-19 national emergency declarations on May 11th. Here’s what will happen next.

By

Jessica Washington

Published

January 31, 2023
Culture, Health

World Health Organization is Giving Monkeypox a New Name

After growing concerns over “racist and stigmatizing language,” the WHO is saying goodbye to the negative name

By

Angela Johnson

Published

November 28, 2022
Events, Politics, The Root Institute

Dr. Cecilia Rouse: How the Pandemic Led to Inflation

Dr. Cecilia Rouse, the first African American woman to chair the Council of Economic Advisors, spoke at The Root Institute about how we got here.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

September 23, 2022
News, Opinion, Opinion

Researchers Decry Declining Births in America, But What Incentives Are There for People to Have Babies?

The pandemic has helped usher in a decline in new babies being born in America, continuing a trend of diminishing birth rates that threatens the replacement levels of the country’s population. A CBS News report says data across two dozen states in the U.S. shows that a seven percent drop in births was recorded in…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

March 4, 2021