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Are Outdoor Classrooms a Solution to the Disaster of School Reopenings?
While not a long-term solution for safe and equitable schooling, outdoor classrooms can be a safer interim solution.
How to Survive Anti-Police Protests
Frontline journalists, medics and lawyers offer tips on protecting yourself from police violence during protests.
Pence Says Trump Outperformed Obama on Jobs, Forgetting 20 Million Lost in April
More than half of the number of jobs that were lost in April have not yet been recovered.
Trump Rolls Back Methane Rule as Bankrupt Permian Drillers Ignore Venting Flares
Even as production lags, drillers are enriching executives and neglecting flares blasting methane into the atmosphere.
AOC Challenges Trump on College Grades: “Loser Has to Fund the Post Office”
Trump has reportedly used lawyers in the past to threaten his alma mater against releasing his own college records.
Billionaire-Funded Think Tanks Call for Pandemic Deregulation to Be Permanent
The right wing has quickly seized upon the coronavirus pandemic to accelerate its anti-government agenda under Trump.
CDC Director Warns: Mask Up or Face Possibly the Worst Fall in US Health History
Robert Redfield stressed “we all got to” follow social distancing rules, including wearing masks, to take on COVID-19.
“Kinship” Isn’t Enough — Harris Must Be Accountable to Black People
Kamala Harris's relationship to Black communities, writ large, has taken on the character of “fictive kinship.”
As Politicians Play With Our Lives, It’s Hard to Imagine a Future Beyond COVID
There is nothing to look forward to but the end of this thing and not dying before that end comes.
Trump Campaign Appears to Be Hiding Massive Facebook Spending — But Why?
The shift appears fairly recent: Campaigns regularly reported Facebook purchases throughout the 2016 cycle.