by Amanda Rooker | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Topics
WASHINGTON–The streets of Washington were largely quiet yesterday as President Joe Biden was sworn into office. Between restrictions brought on by the ongoing pandemic and security concerns about further violence, it was an Inauguration Day unlike any other in...
by Augusta Saraiva | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration
WASHINGTON – Jennifer Lopez finished her performance of Woody Guthrie’s protest anthem “This Land is Your Land” Wednesday morning by paying homage to her Hispanic identity. “One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all,”...
by Karli Goldenberg | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration
WASHINGTON — Among the at least 21,500 National Guard troops providing security for Wednesday’s inauguration was 1st Lt. Infantry Officer Joe Kerwin, who has served in the Army National Guard for nine years and is commander of a Pennsylvania unit that was...
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by Jay Silver | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Politics
WASHINGTON — County Democratic officials in the Albany area on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden’s inaugural address for its repeated call for unity. They also were excited to watch Vice President Kamala Harris become the first woman to hold that position....
by Cheyanne Daniels, Madison Muller and Alicia Diaz | Jan 20, 2021 | Featured, Inauguration, Topics
WASHINGTON – As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn into office as the President and Vice President of the United States on Wednesday, jubilant cries rang out from the small crowd gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza. For many there, the day symbolized a new...
by Alicia Diaz and Katie Livingstone | Jan 20, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Inauguration
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. crossed the threshold of 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke at the country’s first national memorial service for coronavirus victims. The service, which was shared via...
