Mar 17 What we know about the Atlanta spa shootings that killed 8, including 6 Asian women By Courtney Vinopal Eight people, including six Asian women, are dead following a series of shootings at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area Tuesday evening. Continue reading
Mar 16 How students are fighting Zoom fatigue By John Barnes Zoom. Google Meet. Microsoft Teams. We used to work in offices or go to school for classes. Now many of us are working all day in little “Zoom boxes” where the line between work and rest gets blurrier everyday, along… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 7:44 Will workers return to re-imagined offices post-pandemic? By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo For about a year, many Americans have been forced to work from home due to COVID-19 safety concerns. Now, architects and designers are thinking about the future of the workspace for when workers return. As we look to the future,… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 3:12 Teenagers reflect on how their worlds changed during the pandemic For teenagers, this year of quarantine and remote school forced an unprecedented experiment in learning and coping. We asked our network of student journalists to reflect on how their worlds changed and what they're looking forward to once the pandemic… Continue watching
Mar 11 WATCH: Biden signs $1.9 trillion relief bill before speech to nation By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health. Continue reading
Mar 11 WATCH: Biden addresses the nation on COVID-19 anniversary By Zeke Miller, Associated Press He is voicing optimism that the United States will edge toward a semblance of normalcy in the coming months, noting “there is hope and light of better days ahead if we all do our part.”… Continue reading
Mar 11 4 ways our understanding of the coronavirus has changed a year into the pandemic By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas A year into this pandemic, we have the opportunity to reflect on the crucial breakthroughs that have shaped our response to the coronavirus, as well as how we've in some ways failed our most vulnerable. Continue reading
Mar 02 Victims of anti-Asian attacks reflect a year into pandemic By Terry Tang, Associated Press Instances of verbal harassment and physical assaults targeting Asian Americans have occurred from coast to coast. Now, just over a year and thousands of incidents later, some of the earliest victims find moving forward has been difficult or, at best,… Continue reading
Feb 26 WATCH: House Democrats poised to pass $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package By Alan Fram, Associated Press The relief bill would provide millions of people with $1,400 direct payments. It contains billions of dollars for vaccines and COVID-19 testing, schools, state and local governments, the ailing restaurant and airline industries and emergency jobless benefits while providing tax… Continue reading
Feb 25 Feds OK’d export of millions of N95 masks even as U.S. workers needed more By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News In the hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed a Texas mask maker to ship the high-quality masks overseas. Continue reading