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GOP Relief Proposal Sets Up Clash Over Jobless Aid “Senate Republicans put out a roughly $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill proposal, launching a mad dash to reach a bipartisan agreement on the legislation before a federal unemployment insurance supplement ends this week.”
States Charting Own Paths in Coronavirus Reclosings “States are relying on their own public-health indicators when deciding whether to reclose portions of their economies to try to stop rising coronavirus infections that many attribute to the reopening of businesses.”
More federal agents sent to Portland as protests rise in other cities “The Trump administration is sending more agents to Oregon, where protesters and local officials say tactics have inspired more clashes and re-energized protests across the nation.”
New research shows how black and brown neighbourhoods will be hit hardest by global heating “Dangerous heatwaves are exacerbating systemic racial inequalities, with soaring temperatures expected to further disadvantage communities of colour if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising, new research shows.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: School's Coming Back. What Will It Look Like?Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones faces a major decision: whether to open his school to in-person learning or go remote. He explains how he's making the calculation.
From rocks to icebergs, the natural world tends to break into cubes
Facebook deleted a viral video full of false coronavirus claims. Then Trump shared it on Twitter.
Americans Receive Mystery Seeds in the Mail, Mostly From China
THE COMMENT
“The experience of other nations in fighting outbreaks — even raging outbreaks — should make Americans realize: It doesn’t have to be this way. The United States could tamp down the wildfires of virus in two months. The methods are not a secret, and they are not rocket science. Two prominent public health experts have suggested that with a concerted effort, the United States could reach near normal by Oct. 1. Andy Slavitt, a former health care official in the Obama administration, and Peter Hotez, a professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, have separately outlined how the United States might reach a point where schools and businesses can reopen.” - Washington Post Editorial Board
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