Stay 6 feet apart, we’re told, but how far can air carry coronavirus? (NYT)
Most of the big droplets travel a mere six feet. The role of tiny aerosols is the 'trillion-dollar question.'
End-of-life planning during the coronavirus pandemic, in 8 steps (Vox)
How to make crucial financial and health care decisions for you and your loved ones.
Surely you’ve...
‘Pretty catastrophic’ month for retailers, and now a race to survive (NYT)
March brought a record sales plunge as the coronavirus outbreak closed stores. A long shutdown could leave lasting changes in the...
The heartbreaking last texts of a hospital worker on the front lines (NYT)
Madhvi Aya worked long hours in the emergency room of a hospital in Brooklyn that was battered by the coronavirus. Then...
George Conway: Trump simply doesn’t understand his job (WaPo)
Among Donald Trump’s many flaws as president is one that’s as fundamental as any: He simply doesn’t understand his job. When he...
The U.S. is ‘not a global power’ thanks to Trump’s disastrous coronavirus response as...
The U.S. traditionally sets a model for other countries during global crises and uses its resources to assist them, but that has...
A pro-Trump PAC run by McMahon pledged $18.5 million the same day Florida deemed...
The American First Action political action committee announced a total of $18.5 million in television advertisement spending.
Chaotic search for treatments reveals another shortcoming in pandemic preparation (WaPo)
Federal officials say they are devising plans for a wide-ranging partnership to organize research.
In a desperate...
COVID-19 should be a wake-up call for feminists (Jacobin)
The suffering of women during the coronavirus pandemic illuminates where feminists need to push harder. Medicare for All, free higher education...
A second round of coronavirus layoffs has begun. Few are safe (WSJ)
People who thought their jobs were secure, including white-collar professionals, increasingly face unemployment.
The first people to lose...