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CHICAGO AP 鈥?Vice President Kamala Harris closes out the Democratic National Convention Thursday night when she accepts her party historic presidential nomination and seizes one of her few remaining opportunities to appeal to an audience of millions.WATCH: Oprah Winfrey urges voters to choose joy by choosing Harris at Democratic National ConventionHarris will lay out her vision for the country and prosecute her case against Republican Donald Trump, capping a whirlwind month that began when President Joe Biden ended
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stanley cup tion hall after Democrats reaffirmed their nomination of her with a state-by-state roll call.WATCH: Poet Amanda Gorman recites This Sacred Scene at 2024 Democratic National ConventionAmong others who will speak before Harris on Thursday are Mi
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adidas campus ges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along.They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings clean.They have also
salomon watched their co-workers fall ill. Thousands have gotten sick themselves. Many have died.The burden has been borne unevenly across gender, racial and socioeconomic lines, according to an Associated Press analysis of census data in the country 100 largest cities. They are mostly women, people of color and more like
af1 ly to be immigrants.Workers deemed essential are also more likely to live below the federal poverty line or hover just above it. They are more likely to have children at home, and many live with others who also have front-line jobs. What is important about this pandemic is that it has shined a spotlight on workers who have always been essential but before this were invisible, said David Michaels, professor of environmental and occupational health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.A look at these workers:The warehouse workerBorn homeless in New York City, Courtenay Brown is no stranger to hardship.She and her youngest sister both work at an Amazon Fresh warehouse in New Jersey and share an apartment in Newark with six cats and a turtle. The sisters fought for their stable life, at one point living in Br
