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DPHD: COVID-19 vaccine available to homebound residents By Gary Budzak - gbudzak@aimmediamidwest.com Homebound vaccination partners (L to R): Julie Bates - SourcePoint FIRST service coordinator, Lt. S. Coontz - Delaware County EMS, Erin Rohrer - City of Delaware Fire Department service coordinator and Capt. A. Matteson - City of Delaware Fire Department. Courtesy | DPHD One of Delaware County’s most vulnerable populations — the homebound — are now able to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. “In an effort to reach our community’s most vulnerable residents, a COVID-19 va...

We Still Don’t Know Who the Coronavirus’s Victims Were Ibram X. Kendi © Ruddy Roye To reflect on the racial pandemic of the past year is to reflect on the ravages of multiple viruses, all mutating from the original American virus: racism. People of color—already forced into the shadows of society—were infected, hospitalized, terrorized, impoverished, and killed at the highest rates by COVID-19. All the while, they received the fewest medical and economic protections—prolonging, deepening, and spreading their suffering. The groups of people who suffered the most fro...

In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more. Biden said that taxes should be increased on corporations and the wealthy to pay for new spending, as well as to address escalating inequality. “My fellow Americans, trickle-down economics has never worked. It’s time to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out,” Biden said. He repeatedly urged Co...

A ‘dose of hope’? Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more. Biden said that taxes should be increased on corporations and the wealthy to pay for new spending, as well as to address escalating inequality. “My fellow Americans, trickle-down economics has never worked. It's time to grow t...

Fact-checking Biden’s address to Congress | PolitiFact For the most part, Biden’s statements about his progress and future plans traced to estimates from think tanks or government data.     Published 5 hours ago Updated 2 minutes ago In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more. Biden said that taxes should be increased on corporations and...