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Sat. May 9, 2020
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COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.
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In Chicago, 70 of the city’s 100 first recorded victims of COVID-19 were black. Their lives were rich, and their deaths cannot be dismissed as inevitable. Immediate factors could — and should — have been addressed.
by Duaa Eldeib , Adriana Gallardo , Akilah Johnson , Annie Waldman , Nina Martin , Talia Buford and Tony Briscoe
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What Happened When Health Officials Wanted to Close a Meatpacking Plant, but the Governor Said No
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How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease
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by Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger
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The TSA Hoarded 1.3 Million N95 Masks Even Though Airports Are Empty and It Doesn’t Need Them
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TSA officials stockpiled a huge shipment of N95 masks they knew they didn’t need even after two agency officials asked to donate them. Airport traffic fell 95 percent, and the masks have sat unused as hospitals searched desperately for them.
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She Made Every Effort to Avoid COVID-19 While Pregnant. Not a Single Thing Went According to Plan.
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“Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers
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One of every four Filipinos in the New York-New Jersey area is employed in the health care industry. With at least 30 worker deaths and many more family members lost to the coronavirus, a community at the epicenter of the pandemic has been left reeling.
by Nina Martin and Bernice Yeung
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PFS, which packs and ships jewelry and cosmetics, stayed open even as employees have tested positive for coronavirus. Some temporary workers say they quit over a lack of workplace protections, but agencies keep sending people to $9 an hour jobs.
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Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter
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In a city besieged, undocumented New Yorkers have been left outside public measures to help those impacted by the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, they weigh impossible choices: medical help and exposure, safety or sustenance.
by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica , and Ariel Goodman for ProPublica
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