March 2021 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative March 2021 news and views
Note: This February has seen lots of news, which is divided into two parts on this site to ease reader uploads.
March 3
Top Headlines
Washington Post, Biden promises enough coronavirus vaccine for ‘every adult in America’ by the end of May,- Washington Post, Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson vaccine, boosting supply
Washington Post, FBI Director Wray says bureau is pursuing about 2,000 extremism cases- Washington Post, Analysis: Wray delivers a big blow to Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, but the GOP keeps feeding them, Aaron Blake
- New York Times, Texas Drops Virus Restrictions Amid a Wave of U.S. Reopenings
- Washington Post, Democrats eye an overhaul of elections as GOP moves to restrict polling access
- Washington Post, Analysis: As crucial pandemic vote approaches, Democrats guard their slim Senate majority, Paul Kane
U.S. Capitol Riot, Insurrection Followups
- Washington Post, Senate hearings to focus on failures ahead of Capitol riot
- Washington Post, U.S. alleges Proud Boys planned to break into Capitol on Jan. 6 from many different points
- Washington Post, A Capitol rioter said he posed as antifa, feds say, then boasted he beat police who ‘got exactly what they deserved’
Washington Post, Internal DHS documents warned of potential for violence at Jan. 6 rally- Washington Post, Analysis: ‘I’ll get away with anything’: What Capitol rioters said before their arrests, Aaron Blake
- Washington Post, Military reaction was ‘sprint speed,’ top officer says as Pentagon takes heat for Capitol riot response
Virus Victims, Responses
- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 529,222
Washington Post, 51.8 million vaccinated- New York Times, Should Your School Be Fully Open? Here’s What the C.D.C. Says
- Washington Post, Live Virus Reporting: Global infection numbers edging back up after weeks of decline, WHO says
- New York Times, Return-to-Office Plans Are Set in Motion, but Virus Uncertainty Remains
- New York Times, Empty Office Buildings Squeeze City Budgets as Property Values Fall
U.S. Elections, Politics, Governance
- Washington Post, Supreme Court appears to favor upholding voting laws lower court found unfair to minorities
- Washington Post, House ethics office says there’s ‘substantial reason to believe’ Rep. Steven Palazzo misused campaign, congressional funds
Washington Post, Vernon E. Jordan Jr. (1935–2021): Lawyer and political power broker who became the confidant of presidents dies at 85- New York Times, Cuomo Losing Power and Allies as Crisis Deepens
- Washington Post, Donors gave a House candidate more than $8 million.
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