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Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus
Low-income students will be hurt the most by the lack of institutional preparedness.
As COVID-19 Fears Mount, a Face Mask Shortage Imperils Research
Infectious disease researchers worry about their ability to continue working as supplies of N95 respirators dwindle.
Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008
During a Senate hearing, experts testified that we risk an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy.
To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions on Iran
Humanitarian aid was supposed to be exempt from sanctions, but that hasn’t been the case.
The RNC Gave Big Contracts to Companies Tied to Its Chair’s Backers and Husband
Republican National Committee has paid hundreds of thousands to contractors connected to RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.
Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads
We are in the grip of a social panic where people are channeling their fears into racist and anti-immigrant attacks.
Would Joe Biden, Like Hillary Clinton, Lose to Donald Trump Over the Iraq War?
What happened to Hillary Clinton in 2016 could be a harbinger of what could happen to Biden this fall.
Funding Boost in Food Aid for Seniors Still Falls Short of Growing Need
The Older Americans Act supports home-delivered and group meals for those 60 and older while supporting other services.
We’re Urged to Wash Our Hands. But for Some It’s Not That Simple.
Over 2.5 million people live under conditions that make it difficult or even impossible to wash their hands.
The FDA Is Forcing the CDC to Waste Time Double Testing Some Coronavirus Cases
The FDA could change its rules to speed things up, but hasn’t.