by Nicole Girten | Jul 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Maria Gomez cried while her children slept. She would wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares. The emotional turmoil of finally leaving her partner after years of verbal and physical abuse, compounded the isolation that came with Chicago’s stay-at-home...
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by Samone Blair | Jul 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding food producers across the country but small farms in the Tampa Bay area say community support has kept them afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food...
by Amy Sokolow | Jul 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Teachers, medical professionals and school administrators alike agreed Thursday that schools should make every effort to reopen in fall for at least some in-person instruction. But they also agreed that billions in federal funds are needed to help schools reopen...
by Silvia Martelli | Jul 22, 2020 | Coronavirus
In early June, a number of European countries, including Italy, France and Germany, launched contact tracing apps designed to alert users when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19, part of efforts to prevent a second wave as...
by Xurui Tan | Jul 22, 2020 | Coronavirus
Elderly Black and Latino Americans are more likely to get infected and die from COVID-19, often due to historic distrust of the healthcare system, and may be less likely to get vaccinated when a vaccine is ready, health experts told a Senate committee Tuesday. Experts...
by Shirin Ali and Anabel Mendoza | Jul 21, 2020 | Coronavirus
As COVID-19 uproots businesses and lives across the country, Wisconsin’s essential front-line workers, including thousands of immigrants, remain among the most vulnerable. Many immigrant workers must decide: Stay at home and risk losing a paycheck or go to work but...
