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Homelessness

Homeless Families Are Taking Over Vacant Homes to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus
A group of families in Los Angeles are occupying vacant homes owned by Caltrans, the state transit authority, in the East LA neighborhood of El Sereno.
David Noriega
4.11.20
Coronavirus

New York's Mayor and Governor Are Having a Slapfight While New Yorkers Die at ‘Horrific’ Rates
The mayor says public schools will remain closed for the rest of the semester, but the governor says otherwise.
Trone Dowd
4.11.20
Coronavirus

Trump Blacklisted This Chinese Company. Now It’s Making Coronavirus Masks for U.S. Hospitals.
China’s BYD got special FDA approval to import respirators for medical use despite a history of problems in the U.S.
Daniel Newhauser
Keegan Hamilton
4.11.20
Coronavirus

The U.S. Now Has More Coronavirus Deaths Than Any Other Country
At least 2,108 people died in the last 24 hours, a staggering single-day death toll.
Trone Dowd
4.11.20
canadian politics

Why Can’t Our Boomer Parliament Figure Out Zoom?
Canadians could go bankrupt waiting for politicians, who are struggling to figure out how to work amid physical distancing, to vote on new measures to help during the coronavirus pandemic.
Justin Ling
4.11.20
India

India’s Hindu Nationalists Are Inciting Hate By Claiming Muslims Are Spreading Coronavirus
The campaign uses hashtags like #CoronaJihad, #CrushTablighiSpitters, #MuslimMeaningTerrorist, and #BioJihad to spread misinformation on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
David Gilbert
4.10.20
Coronavirus

Cuomo Won't Open New York Until Millions of People Are Tested for Coronavirus
“Testing on a scale that we have not done before.”
Tess Owen
4.10.20
Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is Crashing America's Joke of an Unemployment System
In the last week of March, Florida answered just 1 percent of the phone calls it received from newly-unemployed people desperate to file claims.
Paul Blest
4.10.20
healthcare workers

What Doctors in Coronavirus Hotspots Want You to Understand About This Pandemic
We talked to hospital doctors to hear what they're experiencing on the front lines, and what they want us to keep doing.
Pieter Colpaert
4.10.20
china

Hong Kong Gamers Protested Inside ‘Animal Crossing.’ Now China Wants to Ban It.
Now that they can't protest in the streets, people are doing it inside the hit social simulation game.
David Gilbert
4.10.20
workers rights

Revealed: The Bullying Allegations and Bad Conditions Behind Your Favourite Ready Meals
A VICE investigation reveals incidents of bullying and raises questions over coronavirus distancing at factories operated by Bakkavor, which makes ready meals for a number of household name supermarkets.
Emiliano Mellino
4.10.20
SURVEILLANCE

Is NSO Group Using the Pandemic to Expand its Spying Capabilities?
In the name of helping governments quell the modern-day plague, the company might just be expanding its questionable business.
Ben Makuch
4.10.20
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