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On Jan. 11, 1897, Homer Plessy pleaded guilty in a New Orleans district court for sitting in a whites-only train car, eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Louisiana’s Separate Car Act and a doctrine of “separate but equal”

Law enforcement ramps up security efforts ahead of 1-year anniversary of Capitol attack  CNN Capitol Police Chief On What Has Changed Since Jan 6. Attack  NBC News The Capitol Police and the Scars of the January 6th Riot  The New York Times Reflecting

Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting on COVID-19  The White House Biden Under Pressure As U.S. Hits 1 Million Covid Cases In A Day Amid Testing Shortage  NBC News Biden’s ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ narrative falls apart as omicron cases skyrocket  Fox News

The country lacks the right policy tools to meet Xi Jinping’s vastly expanded goals as centralized power roils decision making.

If viruses know no borders, they
 have an equal disdain for human holidays. On Thanksgiving 2021, Dr. Rochelle Walensky shut off her phone for about 45 minutes and placed the turkey on the dining table to enjoy the holiday meal

Macron Under Fire for Vowing to Make Unvaccinated Miserable  The New York Times French opposition MPs criticised after Covid vaccine pass debate suspended  The Guardian French parliament suspends COVID debate amid anger over Macron remark  Reuters France’s Macron sparks outrage as he vows

Beijing residents experienced nearly four months more of clear skies in 2021 compared with 2013, a city official said. The average concentration of fine particulate pollution fell by 13% compared with a year earlier and 63% compared with 2013 levels.

The US government on Tuesday said it had won its fight with Ottawa over restrictions in the Canadian dairy market, claiming victory in the first-ever dispute under the revamped North American free trade pact. But rather than remove a point

Covid: French uproar as Macron vows to ‘piss off’ unvaccinated  BBC News Macron Under Fire for Vowing to Make Unvaccinated Miserable  The New York Times Macron’s language about the unvaccinated provokes a storm in France  NBC News French opposition MPs criticised after Covid

Djeneba Aduayom for TIME Shonda Rhimes and I are deep into a conversation about what makes a healthy work environment when she has to stop me from saying something ridiculous. I’ve been waxing indignant about the professional world’s unfair assumption