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Friday, April 3, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Instacart Strike
by Lia Russell
Instacart Shoppers became frontline workers under COVID-19. Now they’re fighting for the right to stay safe.

Dreamers Help Keep the Country Running During the Pandemic
by Stephanie Griffith and Claudia Flores
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: In anticipation of a fateful Supreme Court decision, DACA recipients grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Distancing To Fight the Coronavirus Saves Lives and Preserves the U.S. Economy
By Marc Jarsulic, Michael Madowitz, and Christian E. Weller
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: There is a strong economic case for maintaining our commitment to social distancing.

Local Leaders Respond to COVID-19
Rebecca talks with Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Councilmember-at-large, about how local leaders have been stepping up and leading the way amid a slow and inadequate federal response.

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Time Will Tell. Take a trip back in epidemiological history, to 1976 and a vexing illness that tested modern public health. Further back, the histories of other pandemics offer glimpses into possible futures, and raise the question of what a post-COVID-19 world might look like.

This Isn't Working. Millions of people are unemployed and don't know where to go from here; job searches are hard when your entire industry is shut down. The labor crisis created by coronavirus is so extreme that a general strike doesn't seem out of the question. Meanwhile, rent was due on Wednesday and some renters had no way or plan to pay it.

The End. “Anything good I could say about this would be a lie,” explains 62-year-old Tony Sizemore. His wife, Birdie Shelton, died of COVID-19 and it left him unmoored. The New York Times' Those We've Lost is collecting stories about the deceased as is Buzzfeed's The Victims of COVID-19, and yes, that strange, prickling, uneasy sensation you're feeling is grief.

Blank Space

New York is usually a bustling, chaotic place filled with people and events. It has turned into an eerie abandoned city interrupted by markers of the beforetime, evidence that children once played, restaurants were once open, and Broadway once sparkled with lights.

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