Kamala Harris caught between a restless base and a traditionalist Biden
Sean Sullivan and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post
March 6, 2021
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Rev. William J. Barber II speaks at a service in the Washington National Cathedral last year.photo for The Washington Post by Oliver Contreras.
WASHINGTON - As the Rev. William J. Barber II pressed his case for a $15 minimum wage recently, the civil rights leader proclaimed that one elected official faced a defining moment straight out of scripture: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Just as the biblical Queen Esther saved her people, Barber argued, Harris was uniquely positioned to rescue struggling Americans by disregarding an arcane Senate ruling that disqualified the wage increase from a sweeping pandemic relief bill. The vice president, he and other activists contended, had extraordinary power as the constitutional president of the Senate to overrule the parliamentarian s ruling on the matter.
Maryland s governor says Black residents do not want to get vaccinated, but thousands seek shots
Rachel Chason and Erin Cox, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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1of3Clementine Ruffin, 102, received her first dose of coronavirus vaccine in February, after weeks of trying. Her friend Gail Carter, left, helped her navigate the process to get vaccinated in Prince George s County, Md.Washington Post photo by Jonathan NewtonShow MoreShow Less
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A 94-year-old veteran got so tired of waiting for an appointment that he drove around his Washington suburb at random, hunting for a vaccine.
A partially blind 81-year-old wanted a shot but had no computer or smartphone to register online. Yet another older Black resident of Maryland s hardest-hit county, this one 102 years old, relied on church friends a few decades younger to help her through a distribution system best navigated by Internet-native generations.
After a Black officer died by suicide, leaving anguished videos, another officer recognizes his pain
Hannah Knowles and Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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1of8St. Louis County Police Officer Shanette Hall says she recognized much of the pain in the parting messages of Clyde Kerr III, a sheriff s deputy in Louisiana who died by suicide.Photo for The Washington Post by Joe MartinezShow MoreShow Less
2of8Lafayette Sheriff s Deputy Clyde Kerr III was working as a school resource officer when he died Feb. 1. Kerr was an Army veteran who joined the sheriff s office in 2015.Lafayette Parish Sheriff s OfficeShow MoreShow Less
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