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Thanksgiving
Tribe That Helped Pilgrims Survive First Thanksgiving Regrets It 400 Years Later
The Wampanoags are bracing for the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621.
Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID.
This is a crisis — magnified by the pandemic — not of food-production failures but of skyrocketing inequality.
Massive COVID Surge Rattles Europe, Putting US at Risk Ahead of Thanksgiving
We are not finished with this yet, and it’s time to harden ourselves to this truth.
As COVID Spikes, It’s Normal to Feel Helpless. Let’s Turn Fear to Activism.
This will be a long, hard winter. Let’s also make it a busy one.
Hundreds of Thousands of Students Traveled Home This Week Amid COVID Spike
Masking, social distancing and single-household celebrations are key to stopping new outbreaks.
Nurse: “We Are Screaming at the Top of Our Lungs and So Few Are Listening”
Medical workers are scared. COVID is spreading. We need public mourning and acts of solidarity.
4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans have already ventured through airports over the past weekend, the TSA reported.
Indigenous Activists Are Occupying the Hamptons Until Thanksgiving
In New York, the state filed a restraining order against the erection of a Shinnecock Nation monument.
CDC Urges Americans Not to Travel for Thanksgiving
The CDC notes that more than 1 million Americans have contracted coronavirus in the past week alone.
US Passes 250,000 COVID Deaths as Hospitals Brace for Holiday Surge
Health officials say conditions will worsen further with holiday travel and family gatherings for Thanksgiving.