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# March 1, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 7 March 1, 2021 |  

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Vol. 197 No. 7

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Issue name

March 1st, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 7 | U.S., Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South America, South Pacific

Issue date

March 1, 2021

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America

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## Table of Contents

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### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Should Someone With Asthma Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Before Someone With Cancer? The Next Big Challenge in the Vaccine Rollout

Working through the vaccine priority groups has been rocky so far, but the road ahead promises to be even bumpier when people with underlying health conditions become eligible to get vaccinated. Who goes first?

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How We Chose the 2021 TIME100 Next

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How Long Can Mexico's President Defy Political Gravity?

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill Is Not a Sign of Progress. It's a Sign of Disrespect

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore That

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Paying for College Can Be Overwhelming. Here's What You Need to Know to Find an Affordable Option

A new book, The Price You Pay For College, aims to demystify a needlessly complex maze. 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'You Have One Minute Remaining.' Why I'll Always Drop Everything to Answer My Brother's Calls From Prison

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### Millions of Tenants Behind on Rent, Small Landlords Struggling, Eviction Moratoriums Expiring Soon: Inside the Next Housing Crisis

Millions of tenants are behind on rent, mom-and-pop landlords are struggling, and a looming wave of evictions will make everything worse

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Texas Power Grid Failure Is a Climate Change Cautionary Tale


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