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CDC Tells Morticians to Livestream Funerals

In the wake of coronavirus, any funeral with more than 50 people should be canceled and should be livestreamed online instead.
Eleanor Cummins
3.16.20
Canada

Coronavirus Closures: What Is Open and Closed Across Canada

Governments at all levels are announcing sweeping changes to protect Canadians. Here’s a list of what is currently being affected.
Mack Lamoureux
3.16.20
COVID-19

COVID-19 Could Provide Cover for Domestic Surveillance Expansion

The use of location data to help track and manage the pandemic should come with meaningful safeguards and expiration dates, privacy experts say.
Karl Bode
3.16.20
Transamorous

Men Who Love Trans Women: The Guy in the Army

"As I've grown to accept myself as a man, I'm also starting to accept my sexuality too."
Anonymous
3.16.20
Coronavirus

New York Is Now the Epicenter of the Coronavirus Crisis in the U.S.

The governor is basically shutting down all nightlife as cases climb to nearly 1,000 — half of them in New York City.
Emma Ockerman
3.16.20
body

9 People on Being Trapped Between Work, High-Risk Caregiving, and COVID-19

"Mom doesn't leave the house except to see her main doctor. I keep hand sanitizer in my Uber since I can't afford to stop driving. We're not sure what else to do."
Reina Sultan
3.16.20
Coronavirus

China's Air Quality Is About to Get a Whole Lot Worse Because of Coronavirus

Authorities are suspending enforcement of environmental rules while factories make up for lost production during the coronavirus pandemic.
Alex Lubben
3.16.20
Essays

'The Plot Against America' Is the Most Sobering Post-Trump TV Show Yet

The HBO miniseries imagines the terrifying alternate history if Charles Lindbergh, the famed pilot and Nazi sympathizer, defeated FDR in 1940.
Josh Terry
3.16.20
Health

Coronavirus Update Canada: Trudeau Closes Border to Everyone But Canadians and Americans

Trudeau said he is closing Canadian borders to all people who are not citizens or permanent residents, save for diplomats, airplane crew members, and their immediate family members.
Anya Zoledziowski
3.16.20
Coronavirus

The White House Is Flat-Out Denying That It’s Considering a National Curfew

Meanwhile, some state and local governments are considering — or have already enacted — similar measures.
Paul Blest
3.16.20
climate change

Climate Activists Want to Mold Biden Into the President They Need

They don't think the former vice president's climate plans go far enough—but they may soon have to pick between him and Trump.
Geoff Dembicki
3.16.20
Coronavirus

The Gig Economy Is a Public Health Risk

The gig economy's plan for workers: Keep working until you get the deadly pandemic with an unknown death rate. Then self-isolate and hope you don't die.
Edward Ongweso Jr
Jason Koelber
Jason Koebler
3.16.20
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