Gene Seymour is a critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter @GeneSeymour . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN) Here's what you are not going to get in a major address from President Joseph Biden: textured rhetoric woven with references to the classics; eloquent, poetic phraseology ringing like heavenly music and leaving its listeners with echoes of Shakespeare, Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. CNN Digital Expansion 2015 Gene Seymour Here's what you are going to get in a major address from Biden: a torrent of phrases, some of them carefully clipped like a neighbor's hedge, most of them rolling and gushing like a river, all of them aimed not at the gut in the manner of his immediate predecessor, but directly towards the heart, whether to soothe or to rouse, keeping at … [Read more...] about Joe Biden delivered the Chauvin verdict speech America needed
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George Floyd’s Daughter Gianna Says ‘Daddy Changed The World’ In Video Sure To Bring Tears To Your Eyes
George Floyd’s daughter knows just how much change her dad sparked across the world after his death. Former NBA player Stephen Jackson , who was a friend of Floyd, shared a moving clip of Gianna declaring “daddy changed the world” to his Instagram account Tuesday. View this post on Instagram That’s right GiGi “Daddy changed the world” ???????????????????? George Floyd the name of change. #justiceforgeorgefloyd #ivehadenough Love to all who have love for all ✊????✊????✊????✊????✊????✊ A post shared by Stephen Jackson Sr. (@_stak5_) on Jun 2, 2020 at 7:16pm PDT “That’s right Gigi ‘Daddy changed the world,'” Jackson captioned the video. “George Floyd the name of change #justiceforgeorgefloyd #ivehadenough Love to all who have love for all.” Jackson also shared photos of the moment where he had Gianna on his shoulders. (RELATED: Here Are All The Celebrities Who Marched With Protesters Over The … [Read more...] about George Floyd’s Daughter Gianna Says ‘Daddy Changed The World’ In Video Sure To Bring Tears To Your Eyes
The US could have 300M extra vaccines. Why won’t it share?
A version of this story appeared in the April 14 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday . (CNN) The United States could have around 300 million excess Covid-19 shots by the end of July, health policy experts at Duke University estimated in a report Thursday , calling on the country to share doses more widely to address the stark inequality around global vaccine distribution. The US has provided limited shipments of AstraZeneca's vaccine -- which is not yet authorized for use in the United States -- to Mexico and Canada, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said it won't share shots more broadly until the country is "more confident" in its own supplies . The US is the biggest financial donor to the global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX, but the country has been tight-fisted with the actual vaccines it has in huge supply, while many others have none at all. Three-quarters of the … [Read more...] about The US could have 300M extra vaccines. Why won’t it share?
Broad Support Expressed for Chauvin Conviction in George Floyd Murder Trial
Officials in the U.S. and overseas are voicing wide support for a white police officer’s murder conviction Tuesday in the death last year of a Black man, George Floyd, with President Joe Biden calling it a “much too rare” outcome in contentious confrontations between white police and minority suspects. Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris praised the decision hours after a racially diverse jury in Minneapolis convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of two types of murder and manslaughter. Minutes later, he was handcuffed and jailed and now faces years in prison, when he is sentenced in eight weeks. Biden, who phoned Floyd’s family after the verdict, called it “a step forward,” but all too rare moment of justice. Studies have shown that in most such U.S. cases, police are either cleared of wrongdoing without charges or acquitted in trials. Biden said systemic racism in the U.S. is a “stain on our nation’s soul,” while saying the verdict “can be a giant step forward in … [Read more...] about Broad Support Expressed for Chauvin Conviction in George Floyd Murder Trial
Wide Support for Chauvin Conviction in George Floyd Murder
Officials in the U.S. and overseas are voicing wide support for a white police officer’s murder conviction Tuesday in the death last year of a Black man, George Floyd, with President Joe Biden calling it a “much too rare” outcome in contentious confrontations between white police and minority suspects. Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris praised the decision hours after a racially diverse jury in Minneapolis convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of two types of murder and manslaughter. Minutes later, he was handcuffed and jailed and now faces years in prison, when he is sentenced in eight weeks. Biden, who phoned Floyd’s family after the verdict, called it “a step forward,” but all too rare moment of justice. Studies have shown that in most such U.S. cases, police are either cleared of wrongdoing without charges or acquitted in trials. Biden said systemic racism in the U.S. is a “stain on our nation’s soul,” while saying the verdict “can be a giant step forward in … [Read more...] about Wide Support for Chauvin Conviction in George Floyd Murder