A Georgia state legislator was arrested on Thursday evening after she knocked on the door while Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping anti-voting bill into law behind closed doors. Democratic state representative Park Cannon was dragged away by white police officers even though she is an elected official and did not seem to be violating any rules or appearing to be a threat to anyone. Her arrest was captured on video and has come to symbolize what many are calling a new chapter in “Jim Crow” anti-Black laws. Later that night she tweeted, “I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression. I’d love to say I’m the last, but we know that isn’t true.” At only 24 years of age, Ms. Park, who is African American, is the youngest representative in Georgia and one of three openly gay lawmakers in the state. According to The Hill, the police charged her with, “obstruction of law enforcement as well as preventing or disrupting General Assembly sessions or other meetings of members.” 

In news from the pandemic, a majority of U.S. states are opening up access to vaccines and by mid-April at least 31 states will allow all adults to make vaccine appointments. President Joe Biden, who had pledged to ensure 100 million vaccine shots would be dispensed in his first 100 days in office, has now doubled his ambitious goal saying 200 million shots will be given out in that same time period instead. The U.S. is now expected to have a glut of vaccines, just months after demand had been far outpacing supplies. By the end of May the U.S. should have enough vaccines to inoculate all 260 million adults. But the president has arranged for so many vaccines that there will be at least a 70 million surplus even when accounting for the entire nation’s population, including children. In fact, Pfizer has just started its clinical trials on children under the age of 12. It is possible the government may hold on to the excess in case there will be a future need for booster shots. But aid groups are calling on Mr. Biden to share the U.S.’s vaccines with the rest of the world where scarcity has resulted in 30 countries having zero access to vaccines and most of the rest struggling to ramp up their vaccine drives. India, which was exporting its homegrown vaccine to many nations, has now delayed deliveries as a large surge in the virus within the nation has forced it to prioritize itself. 

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