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USA Today
The 'conscience of his generation': Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90
From daring rescues to medical breakthroughs, here are 12 of the happiest stories of 2021
Defense Department meets multifaceted challenges
The Associated Press
Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers
Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021
The New York Times
How paid experts help exonerate police after deaths in custody
More Black Kids Are Suicidal. Experts Push for Help.
What 3 Stage Plays Tell Us About Racial Progress
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
OPINION: When Georgia Legislature pays attention to schools, look out
Falling Georgia jobless claims a sign of the (good) times
Politically Georgia: Rivian’s incentives, Abrams’ Christmas ad and Kemp’s Medicaid...
The Washington Post
Editorial: U.S. democracy frayed over the past year. Senate Democrats must repair the damage.
Many home insurance premiums are rising faster than inflation
Thousands who ‘followed the rules’ are about to get covid. They shouldn’t be ashamed.
The Baltimore Sun
Maryland coronavirus case counts smashed records over Christmas weekend, as positivity rate passed 15%
2021 Marylanders of the Year: the state’s 24 health officers | COMMENTARY
Navy football player Xavier McDonald overcame difficult upbringing to earn service academy appointment
NJ.com
N.J reports 7 COVID deaths, 12,538 cases as hospitalizations climb to a 10-month high
Expanding access to healthcare a constant in Hudson hospital’s top doc’s career
N.J. man who tossed explosive at cop during George Floyd protest in Pittsburgh pleads guilty
The Chicago Sun-Times
Lightfoot closes the book on a tumultuous 2021
‘They made a promise,’ but CPS slow to act on changing slaveholder school names
Frank Dobson: What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans
The Los Angeles Times
Editorial: COVID-19 isn’t like chickenpox. How to get school vaccination mandates right
Nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases, 7 deaths in L.A. County amid Omicron surge
Inside a speakeasy-themed weed dispensary by and for women of color
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