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A Quarter of the Most Popular Covid-19 YouTube Videos Are Misleading: Study
A new study found that YouTube videos viewed more than 60 million times contained misleading information about coronavirus, raising questions about social media companies' role in stemming misinformation during a crisis.
Jordan Pearson
5.13.20
Coronavirus

The Feds Just Denied This Chinese Company Approval to Sell N-95 Masks in the U.S.
California had hoped to buy $1 billion in personal protective gear from a Chinese company better known for electric cars and buses.
Daniel Newhauser
5.13.20
Vice News Tonight

Coronavirus Is Forcing Venezuelan Migrants to Return to Their Devastated Country
Many are having to walk hundreds of miles to get to the border -- back to their homeland, and its gutted healthcare system.
Juanita Ceballos
Manuela Rueda
Pedro Samper
5.13.20
cooking

This Is the Best Banana Bread Recipe in the World, and I Will Explain Why
You don't need a stinkin' sourdough starter. You just need some old bananas and a bunch of stuff you probably already have in your pantry.
Hilary Pollack
5.13.20
LGBTQ

Aimee Stephens Died Fighting for Trans Rights. Reports Still Deadnamed Her
Deadnaming has been widely discouraged by leading news agencies, including some that used Stephens's discarded name after her death on Tuesday.
Nico Lang
5.13.20
food news

Some Restaurants Will Use Shower Curtains and Mannequins for Social Distancing
Restaurants are still trying to figure out what being 'COVID-19 safe' is going to look like, or if it's even possible. And they're getting creative.
Jelisa Castrodale
5.13.20
Coronavirus

That Mysterious Coronavirus-Linked Disease Has Put Dozens of New York Kids in the ICU
Fourteen other states and five EU countries are now investigating possible cases of the disease, which has primarily affected children aged 5 to 14.
Carter Sherman
5.13.20
movies

This Atlanta Theater Is Hosting Free, Private Screenings for Frontline Workers
The Plaza is inviting healthcare workers and their families to watch any movie they want in its 485-seat auditorium, all by themselves.
Drew Schwartz
5.13.20
mass surveillance

Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant
Lawmakers voted down a measure that would prevent law enforcement from spying on Americans’ internet habits.
Janus Rose
5.13.20
ALIENS

UFO Conspiracy Theorists Offer 'Ascension' From Our Hell World for $333
David Wilcock and Corey Goode are peddling salvation, protection from the "illuminati deep state," and bogus COVID-19 explanations to millions on YouTube.
MJ Banias
5.13.20
Internet

The Polarizing Appeal of Clear Things
From see-through bags to glass-like puzzles and translucent pie, we've never been so obsessed with clear commodities.
Bettina Makalintal
5.13.20
RACISM

White Supremacists Built a Website to Doxx Interracial Couples — and It's Going to Be Hard to Take Down
Racists have published a hate-filled database targeting white women dating black and brown men as “traitors” — and some are being harassed online.
Tess Owen
5.13.20
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