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Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Expects 250,000, Stirring Virus Concerns
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Continue reading »The Black Health Commissioner at the Center of the Fight Against Covid-19 Racism
In this article Jeanette Kowalik, a Black woman, is the health commissioner for Milwaukee, a city that regularly ranks as one of the worst cities for livability for Black women. She
Continue reading »Oakland Restricted on Using Crowd-Control Weapons at Protests
Police in Oakland, California, were blocked by a judge from launching stinger grenades, rubber bullets and pepper balls at protesters demonstrating on city’s streets. In a preliminary injunction issued Wednesday,
Continue reading »Hong Kong Faces Worst Wave of Virus, But It Can’t Just Lock Down
Once a coronavirus success story, Hong Kong is facing its worst outbreak yet, and policy makers are realizing how little they can do without making a bad situation worse. New
Continue reading »What It Takes to Preserve a Building Tied to Black History
In this article As protesters demand a national reckoning on America’s whitewashed history, activists are rallying around a former abolitionists’ home in downtown Brooklyn with ties to the Underground Railroad
Continue reading »A Few Wall Street Traders Stayed When Everyone Fled the Office
Editor’s Note: No city is more important to America’s economy than New York, and none has been hit harder by the coronavirus. “NYC Reopens” examines life in the capital of
Continue reading »New York Heat Wave Boosts Power Use as ConEd Faces July Curse
New York City’s history of mid-July blackouts will face a big test this weekend with power demand already at the highest so far this year and climbing. Electricity demand rose
Continue reading »China’s Fresh Meat Lovers Lament Death of Live Poultry Markets
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Continue reading »Tokyo’s First Woman Governor Seeks Re-Election in Sunday Vote
Tokyo voters head to the polls Sunday with incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike heavily favored to prevail over 21 challengers as the city tries to keep a fresh surge of Covid-19
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