The pandemic has exposed America’s clean water crisis (Vox)
Millions live without access to clean water in the U.S. — and the coronavirus has left them in further turmoil.
Nurses, doctors take extreme precautions to avoid infecting family members (WaPo)
After long shifts treating covid-19 patients in New York hospitals, emergency room doctor Calvin D. Sun goes home and works for another...
The Black Plague (New Yorker)
The old African-American aphorism “When white America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia” has a new, morbid twist: when white America...
The paycheck protection program is failing (The Atlantic)
Small businesses such as ours won’t survive without a lot more help.
It was a punch in...
The morbid comforts of pandemic playlists (Pitchfork)
In the past few weeks, pandemic playlists have become ubiquitous, with celebrities, government bodies, and news organizations playing DJ. Rita Wilson —...
Our pandemic summer (The Atlantic)
The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.
How Bush and Obama ceded the World Health Organization to China, increasing risk of...
The first time a China-backed candidate was named Director General of the World Health Organization, the president of the United States had...
‘Pacing and praying’: Jailed youths seek release as virus spreads (NYT)
While some states have moved to release adults from prisons where the coronavirus poses a threat, efforts to free juveniles from...
‘It really is the perfect storm’: Coronavirus comes for rural America (Politico)
In rural Washington, hospitals are faltering, stores can’t get supplies and people are staying closer to each other than you’d think....
Homeless workers face the pandemic (Slate)
What do stay-at-home orders mean when there’s nowhere to stay?
Sylvester Miller, a 50-year-old with expressive brown...
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