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Workers Are Fed up With Sinclair Broadcast Group's Greed

Lagging behind competitors, the right-wing news network offered out-of-work sports broadcast technicians piddly loans.
Laura Wagner
4.22.20
Sports

California Is Trying to Deter Skaters by Filling Skateparks With Sand

Though skaters can no longer use the parks in San Clemente during quarantine, dirt bikers are now taking advantage of the new terrain.
Jelisa Castrodale
4.22.20
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10 Questions With A Hazmat Crew During COVID-19

What is it like for a company who dispatches mobile units to clean up everything from crime scenes to dead bodies and now COVID-19?
Tipping Point

Racist Housing Policies Have Created Dangerous 'Heat Islands' in Cities

On any given day east Portland is 18 F hotter than the city's west side. Coronavirus orders will make it even harder to escape.
Elise Herron
4.22.20
Coronavirus

LGBTQ Asian Americans Brace for a 'Double Whammy' as Hate Crimes Rise

“Those who were already vulnerable—whether you’re an immigrant, undocumented, or because of your gender identity and sexuality—the pandemic has amplified that."
Nico Lang
4.22.20
Trump

Trump's Golf Courses Could Get a Bailout if the Golf Lobby Has Its Way

The golf lobby wants individual golf courses to be eligible for a bailout even if their parent company is too big to qualify.
Greg Walters
4.22.20
Coronavirus

6 GOP Governors in the South Are Banding Together to End Coronavirus Lockdowns

Workers at gyms and tattoo parlors could be forced to go back to work as early as Friday.
Paul Blest
4.22.20
Memes

A Boom Time for Bean Memes

Beans are good. Bean memes are better.
Clio Chang
4.22.20
Density

Coronavirus Is Not a Good Reason to Abandon Cities

Coronavirus has raised the question of whether density in cities is good or bad. The answer depends on what politicians do next.
Aaron Gordon
4.22.20
games blogs

Against All Odds, 'Animal Crossing' Rap Actually Good

I swear to god everyone on this track has bars.
Gita Jackson
4.22.20
vice tv

‘Family Guy’ Creator Seth MacFarlane Slams Oprah and Fox News for Coronavirus ‘Pseudoscience’

MacFarlane appeared on VICE TV's “Seat at the Table with Anand Giridharadas,” which debuts Wednesday at 10 p.m.
Paul Blest
4.22.20
death cult

The Proto-Communist Plan to Resurrect Everyone Who Ever Lived

Russian cosmists believed that to form an equitable society we must have universal immortality and resurrection of the dead.
Edward Ongweso Jr
4.22.20
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