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Nearly 9,000 New COVID Cases Identified Among Florida Kids After Schools Reopen
A new study finds that asymptomatic children have likely played a bigger role in the spread of infections.
RNC Gave Prime Time to Vigilantes. The Next Day a Gunman Shot BLM Protesters.
The RNC illustrates the many links between explicit and implicit endorsements of white supremacy and authoritarianism.
Night Two of the RNC Was All About Mainstreaming the Extreme Right
The RNC’s shifting schedule highlights the party’s uneasy mix of conspiracy theorists and boilerplate GOP economics.
CDC’s New Testing Guidelines Appear to Follow Trump’s Call to “Slow the Testing”
The new guidelines fly in the face of the CDC’s own estimates that 40 percent of COVID carriers are asymptomatic.
Right-Wing Reporter With No Known Health Expertise Is Given Senior Post at FDA
Emily Miller has been known to peddle conspiracy theories and has made inaccurate COVID-19 claims.
Pompeo’s RNC Speech Violated His Own Ethics Guidelines for the State Department
State Department employees, including political appointees, are typically disallowed from engaging in campaign events.
Critics Blast Anti-Immigrant Trump for Exploiting Naturalization Ceremony at RNC
A ceremony was held for five people, as massive backlogs prevent tens of thousands of immigrants from becoming citizens.
I Am a Farmer’s Daughter, and I Don’t Buy Trump’s Promises to Family Farms
Trump doesn't care about farmers or feeding people; he cares about the white status quo.
Even With a New Union, California’s Child Care Providers Struggle Amid Pandemic
The pandemic has intensified the inequities ingrained in a publicly funded but privately run child care infrastructure.
FDA Chief Walks Back Claims About Convalescent Plasma Touted by Trump
Stephen Hahn corrected his comments from Sunday, when emergency use of convalescent plasma was authorized.