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The COVID-19 pandemic, like a scab torn off a wound, has exposed systemic inequality and racism throughout our healthcare system. Now, the distribution of desperately needed vaccines is revealing even further the depths of inequity and immorality at the core of our globalized economy. Wealthy countries like the U.S., the U.K.,…

When Mara Gomez took the field on Monday, Dec. 7, she became the first transgender woman to play in a professional soccer game in Argentina. The 23-year-old signed with Villa San Carlos of Primera A, Argentina's top women's division in the sport, back in January but didn't get approval to…

Peloton Sued Deaf Folks Need More Guidance!!! 12/10/2020 11:55 AM PT Exclusive Listen up, Peloton -- you're excluding deaf people from being able to enjoy your app ... at least that's what's alleged in a new class-action lawsuit. A man in New York is suing the stationary exercise bike company…

Investors don’t seem to careLETITIA JAMES, New York’s attorney-general, couldn’t be blunter in describing the antitrust case lodged on December 9th against the world’s biggest social network. “By using its vast troves of data and money Facebook has squashed or hindered what the company perceived as potential threats. They’ve reduced…

Detroit activists from 12 local organizations marched through the city on November 7th, 2020 to call for the protection of Detroit's votes. Adam J. Dewey/NurPhoto via Getty Images US Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, told CNN he's not convinced by a Republican lawsuit aimed at overturning the 2020…

Airbnb on Wednesday raised $3.5 billion in its IPO at a fully diluted valuation of around $47.3 billion, and will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol ABNB.Why it matters: This is the culmination of a remarkable rebound for the hospitality giant, which many counted…

Tuesday, December 8 was a minor procedural date on the 2020 presidential election calendar but also a notable symbolic one: The safe harbor deadline. At that time, which by law occurs six days before the members of the Electoral College gather to cast their votes for the president and vice…

On Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by tackling President Trump’s continued bungling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has thus far claimed over 270,000 American lives, seen millions slide into poverty, and kept many trapped indoors. His administration’s latest screw-up involves Pfizer’s coronavirus…

Sign up for the Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday said he is feeling better after contracting Covid-19 and expects to leave the hospital on Wednesday. The 76-year-old former New York City mayor, who is spearheading Trump’s flagging effort to overturn the Republican president’s election…

When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived, it invited Americans to choose their path to salvation. Would it be scientific reason, predicated on patience with process and trial and error? If so, eminent minds like Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci were there on our screens to explain how viruses spread exponentially and…