Aric Jenkins

Aric Jenkins

Aric Jenkins is a news reporter at Fortune with a focus on transportation. He is based in New York.

Elton Jackson, 80, looks on as he receives his Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Kathryne Acuna, Director of Ambulatory Clinical Services at Kaiser Permanente, on the opening day of a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination site at a parking structure at Cal Poly Pomona University in Pomona, California on February 5, 2021. – The Cal Poly Pomona site is one of two opening in California, with the other located at Moscone Center in San Francisco. According to organizers each site will ultimately have the capacity to administer up to 10,000 vaccine doses per day. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine raises new questions over health care equity

By Aric Jenkins

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on February 5, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The House voted 230 to 199 on Friday evening to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments over her remarks about QAnon and other conspiracy theories.

Political conspiracies like QAnon will never end

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

Starbucks Chief Operations Officer and Group President Rosalind “Roz” Brewer has been named the CEO of Walgreens.

Where are the Black CEOs?

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

Business woman working at office with documents on his desk, Business woman holding pens and papers making notes in documents on the table, Hands of financial manager taking notes

Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND – JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President on January 20, 2021 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump, the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor’s inauguration, is expected to spend the final minutes of his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Photo by Pete Marovich – Pool/Getty Images)

Democrats consider alternatives to impeaching Trump after GOP vote

By Aric Jenkins

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden arrive for the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

What does big business need to do to earn your trust?

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after conducting a virtual swearing in ceremony for members of his new administration via Zoom just hours after his inauguration in the State Dining Room at the White House January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden became the 46th president of the United States earlier today during the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden’s not done signing executive orders—here’s his agenda for the next 9 days

By Aric Jenkins

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Marine One with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump aboard flies past the Washington Monument as it departs the White House ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Susan Walsh – Pool/Getty Images)

Financial implications will be weighed as the D.C. statehood debate rages on

By Aric Jenkins

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

When it comes to the Capitol riots, we see things differently

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 15: National Guard at the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration on January 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week’s Capitol Riot the FBI has warned of additional threats against the US Capitol and in all 50 states. (Photo by Liz Lynch/Getty Images)

Half of Americans support D.C. statehood in the wake of the Capitol riots

By Aric Jenkins

Demonstrators attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol after they earlier stormed the building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

The reckoning of the Capitol riots is up to us

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12: The U.S. Capitol stands at dawn on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Today the House of Representatives plans to vote on Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D-MD) resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, removing President Trump from office. Wednesday, House Democrats plan on voting on articles of impeachment. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

Arguments for D.C. statehood grow stronger following Capitol attack and plans for inauguration violence

By Aric Jenkins

Supporters of President Donald Trump protest in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Don’t talk about the Capitol siege without mentioning white privilege

By Ellen McGirt and Aric Jenkins

President-elect Joe Biden along with democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff (L) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (R) greet supporters during a campaign rally the day before their runoff election in the parking lot of Centerparc Stadium January 04, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Democrats stun in Georgia runoffs, seizing control of the Senate ahead of Biden’s presidency

By Aric Jenkins

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard Crowds walk as people arrive for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What took the National Guard so long?

By Aric Jenkins