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1.8ml of Sodium chloride is added to a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine concentrate ready for administration at Guy's Hospital, in central London on December 8, 2020. - Britain on December 8 hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it begins the biggest vaccination programme in the country's history with a new Covid-19 jab. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

With vaccine rollout comes onslaught of disinformation

Opinion by Samantha Vinograd

The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine is welcome news for this country. But as states gear up for a vaccination roll out of epic proportions and Americans start receiving their first doses, they will need to be on heightened alert for Russian disinformation attacks. Based on the country's long history of health-related disinformation and their more recent operations surrounding the virus, Vladimir Putin likely sees this period as a moment of opportunity to hurt the US further.

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Jill Biden, wife of former US vice president Joe Biden, speaks during her husband's first campaign event as a candidate for US President at Teamsters Local 249 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 29, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Attack on Jill Biden's 'Dr.' title is no surprise for women scholars -- and proof that she needs to use it

Opinion by Kara Alaimo

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal had the audacity to publish an op-ed arguing that incoming First Lady Jill Biden should not use the title "Dr." in the White House. The piece, written by Joseph Epstein, a man who has not earned an advanced degree (though he was given an honorary one), argues that it would be "fraudulent" and "comic" for Dr. Biden to use the Doctor of Education, or Ed.D., title that she has earned.

Serena Williams attends her S by Serena fashion show at Spring Place during NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Serena Williams: It's time for Silicon Valley to take Black women entrepreneurs seriously

Opinion by Serena Williams for CNN Business Perspectives

My life story is one of breaking barriers and championing inclusion, on and off the court. Coming up in a predominately White male sport, I have been underestimated and underpaid throughout my career. Now, as a venture capitalist investing in early-stage startups, I see myself in the Black female founders who are often counted out right from the start.

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Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in season four of Netflix's The Crown

'The Crown' debate: It's complicated

Opinion by Kate Maltby

Great Britain has declared war on Netflix. (Almost.)

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A new study says while executions and death sentences remain steady, the number of states carrying out capital punishment has dropped.

The death penalty confuses vengeance with justice, and it's time to end it

Opinion by Elliot Williams

It is time to end the federal death penalty.

People participate in a "Stop the Steal" protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

The 126 Republicans who signed on for 'an act of cynical, unpatriotic, undemocratic hypocrisy'

Opinion by John Avlon

Republicans used to be the party of freedom, the party of President Abraham Lincoln. This week, 126 Republicans in Congress and 18 red state attorneys general decided to repudiate the legacy of Lincoln and freedom by endorsing Texas' ludicrous legal effort to overturn the election results. The good news is that the Supreme Court dismissed the case with no public dissents Friday night. The bad news is that a majority of congressional Republicans chose to support a demagogue over our democracy. It should not be forgotten or forgiven.