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2020

Where Does the Bernie Sanders Movement Go Now?

Sanders helped usher in a new era of progressive politics in America, pushing the issues of income inequality, universal healthcare, and free college into the mainstream of the Democratic Party.
Cameron Joseph
4.8.20
Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Curve Is Flattening in New York. For Now.

Gov. Cuomo pointed to the falling number of hospitalized patients, but he also warned people not to be complacent.
Carter Sherman
4.8.20
Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Changed America

The Sanders campaign was mocked, ridiculed, and maligned. But five years after it first started, it's clear it has altered the country's trajectory.
Clio Chang
4.8.20
PROTESTS

General Electric Workers Expand Protests, Now Demand to Make Ventilators Nationwide

Workers at four factories now say their facilities should be repurposed to make ventilators.
Edward Ongweso Jr
4.8.20
Coronavirus

Breast Milk Could Hold Clues to Coronavirus Protection. This New York City Researcher Wants to Study Yours.

She's examining whether the antibodies lingering in human milk can protect babies — and perhaps even adults one day — from coronavirus.
Emma Ockerman
4.8.20
2020

Republicans Allowed Coronavirus to Suppress the Vote in Wisconsin, and November's Elections are Next

In Milwaukee, home of most of the state’s African American population, local officials closed all but five of 180 polling places.
Cameron Joseph
4.8.20
You Had Me at Hell No

In 'Think Like A Man,' Steve Harvey Is the Messy Best Friend With Bad Advice

The 2012 rom-com based on Harvey's dating self-help book shows romantic advice isn't his strong (oversized, pastel) suit.
Alex Zaragoza
4.8.20
Coronavirus

Here Are All the Times Trump Dropped the Ball on Preparing for Coronavirus

The warnings date back to 2017.
Paul Blest
4.8.20
COVID-19

People Are Open-Sourcing Their Patents and Research to Fight Coronavirus

The "Open Covid Pledge" project introduces a new copyright license for anyone who is helping to fight coronavirus.
Samantha Cole
4.8.20
Coronavirus

A Whole Lot of You Didn't Pay Your Rent This Month

All the coronavirus-related layoffs, business closures, and “shelter-in-place” orders contributed to a steep dropoff from March.
Emma Ockerman
4.8.20
Coronavirus conspiracy theories

Coronavirus Is the Crisis of Conspiracy Theorists' Wildest Dreams

Conspiracy peddlers of every stripe are increasingly twisting the pandemic to bolster their world views—and to claim that perhaps it's not real at all.
Anna Merlan
4.8.20
Coronavirus

8 Funds That Are Collecting Money for the People Who Need It Most Right Now

The coronavirus pandemic has hit undocumented people, domestic workers, homeless people, sex workers, and other marginalized communities hardest.
Leila Ettachfini
4.8.20
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