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Coronavirus Updates: City Council To Consider Bill To Open Sidewalks And Streets For Outdoor Dining
The bill would require the city to identify open spaces where restaurants and bars could safely serve customers outside, and it would create a quicker permitting process for restaurants.
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'We All Feel At Risk': 100,000 People Dead From COVID-19 In The U.S.
The lethal march of COVID-19 passes 100,000 deaths in the U.S. despite some predictions it would not. The grim milestone presents a moment to consider who has died and how many others might follow. -
George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged
Neither Floyd's family nor Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey appear satisfied by the firing of four officers after a video depicting an officer's knee on Floyd's neck inspired national outrage this week.
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Trump Environmental Rollbacks Roll On Despite Pandemic. Opponents Cry Foul
The Trump administration is rushing to finalize some of its biggest environmental rollbacks ahead of November's election. Some affected groups say they're too distracted by the pandemic to engage. -
COVID-19 Has Killed Close To 300 U.S. Health Care Workers, New Data From CDC Shows
More than 60,000 health care workers have contracted the coronavirus, up from 9,000 in April. Workers say they face unnecessary risks because of ongoing shortages of protective gear like masks. -
Weather Delays Launch Of SpaceX Dragon With 2 Astronauts Aboard
With astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken strapped inside the capsule and the countdown narrowing, poor weather conditions forced an abort. The next opportunity to try will be on Saturday. -
Thousands of Cruise Crew Members Stuck at Sea Because of COVID-19 Pandemic
The Takeaway
Some workers aren’t being paid, and in many cases, they don’t yet know when they can go home. -
How To Reopen Vegas, Wall Street and Your Life
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Our COVID-19 strategy started with containment and then shifted to flattening the curve. As we begin to reopen and learn to live with COVID-19, it's time for a "harm reduction" approach.
Arts and Culture
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What to Read for a Great Escape This Summer
The Takeaway
With travel plans foiled for the summer because of COVID-19, many of us will be turning to novels for an escape. Vox's Constance Grady joins The Takeaway with her recommendations. -
9. Bassey Ikpi Didn’t Enter the World Broken
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
Author Bassey Ikpi struggled with a certain kind of heaviness and worry growing up. In 2004, she was able to put a name to those feelings when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. - Edit Bucket
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Reading “The Plague” During a Plague
The New Yorker Radio Hour
When her students were sent home from school owing to the coronavirus outbreak, an English teacher assigned them Albert Camus’s novel “The Plague.”
Tech and Media
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Chase Woodruff is angry and he thinks you should be too
On the Media
Bob speaks to Chase Woodruff, recently laid off from an alt-weekly, about how with the loss of those papers, vital outlets for resistance and emotion will be lost too. -
Social Media Usage Is At An All-Time High. That Could Mean A Nightmare For Democracy
Studies show that social media polarizes its users. The pandemic means more Americans are on it than ever. What does that mean to a nation attempting to govern itself? -
An Archive of Grief
On the Media
Remembering New Yorkers lost to Covid-19 with an ambitious, crowd-sourced obituary project.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: IDLES, J.S. Ondara, and Kaki King
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This week, quarantine messages from punk band IDLES, guitarists J.S. Ondara and Kaki King, along with new music from country star Margo Price, and from violinist Owen Pallett. -
Roberto Fonseca, In The Studio
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Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca presents an infusion of rap, funk, reggaeton and electronic music, performing songs from his latest record in studio. -
Bartees Strange, In The Studio
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Bartees Strange presents covers of songs by The National, taking inspiration from the music, the lyrics and even the cover art to examine how black artists can find room in white spaces. -
Watch: Modern Malian Singer Fatoumata Diawara Respects Her Roots
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Paris-based singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara takes pride in her Malian heritage and looks confidently to the future. She shares the fruits of her latest musical adventures, in-studio. -
Watch: Pop and Protest Music by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe
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Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe (aka PG-13, or Ileana Cabra Joglar) plays songs drawing on timeless boleros, folk music, and protest anthems from her latest, Almadura, in-studio.
