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Food Insecurity In January 2021, based on the census data, more than one out of 10 adults lived in a home where there was sometimes or often not enough food to eat in the previous week. Racial disparities are high, with Black and Latinx adults living in food-insufficient households at more than twice the rate of white adults. There is a clear relationship between income and food insecurity. A quarter of adults (nearly 11 million) who live in households with an annual income of less than $35,000...

The Atlantic A Senate hearing for President Biden’s attorney-general nominee is surfacing some big questions. February 22, 2021 This time around, Judge Merrick Garland is getting his hearing. Not only is President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general receiving a Senate audience, but his confirmation seems very likely, a second difference from his 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court, which was stymied by then–Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But there’s still an important question a...

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The Struggle to Balance Speed and Equity in Vaccine Rollout When the first doses came on line back in December, Governor Newsom promised to get people vaccinated with equity in mind. But that does not seem to be happening -- the vaccine rollout remains slow and reports are that people with more resources have been getting doses, even if they’re not supposed to be eligible yet. Now, the state is switching almost entirely to what’s supposed to be a simpler age-based eligibility system, priori...

Jan 13, 2021 10:01 AM Daytona Beach, FL - The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) is one of ten recipients nationwide to receive an Implementing Overdose Prevention Strategies at the Local Level grant of $500,000 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).  The agency will use the $500,000 grant to support activities that address the community’s challenges related to drug overdoses. The 18-month project, which runs...

The Atlantic The Conservative Cult of Victimhood Trump was a perpetrator who thought himself a victim, and American society has indulged that same illusion among Trump supporters. January 11, 2021 Shutterstock / The Atlantic Many of President Donald Trump’s crooked schemes are so ill-thought that even his intimates cannot take them seriously. Asking Russia to hack your opponent’s emails during a press conference? Who would do that? He must have been joking! So it was on January 6. What Trum...

UNDP seeking Proposals for Cluster and Socially Significant initiatives – Belarus 165SHARES Deadline: 27-Jan-21 The project “Support to economic development at the local level in the Republic of Belarus” announces the 2nd competition of initiatives for the development of entrepreneurship in 12 regions of Belarus. The project “Supporting Economic Development at Local Level in the Republic of Belarus” is funded by the European Union and implemented by United Nations Development Programm...

The Paris Agreement: assessment and prospects - follow the event with Jean-Yves Le Drian and Barbara Pompili live (12 Dec. 20) Share To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, will chair a virtual conference to take stock of and reflect on what has been achieved since 2015 and the agreement’s prospects, along with several leading figures. ��LIVE | The ...