All Sides with Amy Juravich

Congressional leaders reached an agreement Sunday night on a $900 billion pandemic rescue package that would deliver needed relief to unemployed Americans and small businesses. It appears state and local governments will have to wait for more financial help, despite the urging of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and others.

This episode originally aired on November 23, 2020. The holidays are going to be different this year for the millions of Americans heeding the advice of public health officials to stay home and stay safe from COVID-19. But we all still have to eat, just not as much. With smaller celebrations, home cooks might want to start thinking about how to downsize the family recipes.

The gift that never disappoints a book lover — another book. The New York Times has weighed in with its top titles for 2020 — picking a presidential tome, a family’s history of schizophrenia, and two sisters’ experiences with race.

This episode originally aired on December 10, 2020. History has shown us that African American mothers and wives who embrace the values of homelife, who have felt a sense of belonging and persist in those ambitions, often attract the animus of racists. This has been true from the time of Black enslavement to the experience of Michelle Obama as the first African-American First Lady.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week congratulated his former Senate colleague and President-elect Joe Biden after weeks of stalling. He said that the Electoral College had spoken and privately urged his members to ignore a last ditch effort to reverse the outcome.

This episode originally aired on Nov. 30, 2020. It’s time for our annual holiday cookie show. We’ll talk about everything from gingerbread people to drop varieties to bars and sandwich cookies. Join us with your own holiday cookie stories, too. Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher, we talk all about holiday cookies with Terri Moore of Old World Bakery in Columbus.

Thirty-four million Americans are estimated to have diabetes and some 88 million, about one in three adults, are thought to be prediabetic. Diabetes can complicate infection from COVID-19 in more ways than one, especially if blood glucose levels are high.

Federal authorities have joined an investigation into the December 4 death of Casey Goodson Jr., a Black man shot multiple times by Franklin County sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade, who is white. Those are the only undisputed facts in a case that has left more questions than answers.

Two lawsuits filed last week represent the latest and perhaps greatest challenge to business as usual at Facebook. The Federal Trade Commission, in its filing, said the world’s largest social media company is a monopoly and should sell off WhatsApp and Instagram. Ohio joined 47 other states in a similar complaint.

The first COVID-19 vaccine is here. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center administered the first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine to Ohioans on Monday, starting with frontline healthcare workers at the highest risk of contracting the virus. Hundreds of thousands of doses are on their way to Ohio, but it is going to take months to get everyone vaccinated and the logistical challenges are enormous.