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Immigration Detention Center (J. Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images)

Calls for Trump to release detainees

Julián Aguilar - The Texas Tribune

Federal agencies put immigrants and immigration workers at risk amid coronavirus

(Getty/Koldunova_Anna)

Stop comparing coronavirus to the flu

Charles Ornstein - ProPublica

This coronavirus is unlike anything in our lifetime

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening Coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

A revolution by pandemic

Bob Hennelly

The coronavirus pandemic raises questions as to whether capitalism has failed

In this June 10, 2016 photo provided by the Mayo Clinic, a medical team of about 60 doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists and others at Mayo Clinic gather before performing the first face transplant surgery at their hospital in Rochester, Minn. Mardini and his team devoted more than 50 Saturdays over 3 1/2 years to rehearsing the procedure, using sets of cadaver heads to transplant the face of one to another. They used 3D imaging and virtual surgery to plot out the bony cuts so the donor's face would fit perfectly on Andy Sandness. (Michael Cleary/Mayo Clinic via AP) (AP)

Case for shortening medical education

Anuska Jain, Robert Orr

The impacts of physician shortages are evident throughout the U.S. health care system

Fracking Drilling Rig at the Golden Hour (Getty Images)

The end is near — at least for fracking

Juan Cole - Truthdig

With prices plunging, the entire oil industry is in peril. What's bad for investors is good for the planet

U.S. Attorney General William Barr (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

"Oh hell no"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

DOJ Using Coronavirus Crisis to Push for Expansive Emergency Powers

Jerry Falwell, Jr. (Getty/John Moore)

Thanks to Jerry Falwell Jr.

John Stoehr - Alternet

We owe Jerry Falwell Jr. a debt of gratitude

Leonid Brezhnev; Vladimir Putin (Getty/Keystone/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

When Brezhnev comes to America

Alexei Bayer - The Globalist

Today's U.S. Republicans are the equivalent of the Brezhnev crew in the late-stage Soviet Union.

A close up of President Donald J. Trump's notes shows where Corona was crossed out "Corona" and replaced with "Chinese" Virus (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We can learn COVID-19 myths

Anita Makri - Undark

The tactic of simply throwing facts at the misinformation problem can be ineffective, and even counterproductive

Young Adult Woman At Home Watering Indoor House Plants (Getty Images)

Growing hope indoors in Trump's America

Alex Dew

I may not be able to save the world from Donald Trump, but I can save my plants from root rot and spider mites

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear discusses developments in Kentucky regarding the new coronavirus in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

A sex symbol emerges: "Govern me, daddy"

Erin Keane

People are now lusting after Kentucky's "hot Mr. Rogers" because of his calm and empathetic leadership

An unidentified Army defender pulls down Navy quarterback Craig Candeto (11)  in the third quarter the 104th Army-Navy football game, Dec. 6, 2003. (AP/Rusty Kennedy)

Diagnosing concussions with blood test

Sarah LaFramboise - Massive Science

Measuring levels of two key proteins could be the answer to this tricky problem

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Bake this loaf with ingredients on hand

Joseph Neese

This loaf is super adaptable, not only in terms of ingredients. It’s a crowd pleaser that's great any time of day

Minestrone Soup (Skyhorse Publishing)

Try these 6 easy-to-make soup recipes

Joseph Neese

If you're cooking at home this weekend, try making one of these 6 soup recipes from Salon Food

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"I couldn’t believe it”

Alex Henderson - Alternet

That is something that I have not experienced in a very, very long time in this country”

"Contagion" movie poster (Warner Bros.)

Why we're watching "Contagion" & zombies

Ashlie D. Stevens

It's a stressful time for everyone in the nation, so why is the popularity of epidemic and disaster stories surging

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, inmates wait to enter their assigned cell block after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. Corrections officials are proposing new sentencing rules that aim to trim California's prison population by nearly 2,000 inmates in the first year and by 9,500 inmates after four years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Social distancing impossible in prisons

Victoria Law - Truthout

So far, no state governor has responded to the call for releasing the most vulnerable people from prison.

Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life on January 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Supreme Court rule against science?

Sarah CM Roberts

An upcoming ruling could give state lawmakers a green light to ignore science for the sake of ideology

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. right, listens to Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, speak about the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S., during their joint news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015.   Abbott was in Washington with Cruz to support a bill Cruz has introduced in Congress banning any refugees from Iraq, Syria or other countries deemed to be controlled by a foreign terrorist organization.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

"Unsupported and ignored"

Jay Root, SHANNON NAJMABADI - The Texas Tribune

Texans marooned there after the country closed its borders described a harrowing ordeal trying to find a plane

A worker removes the flowers from a wreath in Athens, Friday, July 17, 2015. Funeral homes here are struggling to cope with banking restrictions _ with a modest funeral costing more the 15 times the daily ATM withdrawal limit _ in a country that traditionally carries out funerals shortly after death and almost everything is paid for in cash. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (AP)

Pondering death in the age of COVID-19

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News

Funeral homes are implementing even stricter protocols to handle bodies infected with the novel coronavirus.

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How big corporations are poisoning farms

Sarah Okeson - DCReport

It’s about ignoring nature and lobbying in the Trump administration

Tabulators work on recounting presidential ballots in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty/Andy Manis)

Voting by mail isn’t a silver bullet

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Many legal, technical, logistical and political obstacles stand between now and November’s election

Tattered American flag flapping in ominous sky (Getty Images)

Epidemic reveals America's weakness

David Masciotra

Despite America's national mythology, this crisis has revealed a weak, divided and totally unprepared nation

AP File Photo: Kenny Rogers Has Passed Away at 81. AUGUST 14: Kenny Rogers performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia on August 14, 2002. (AP/ Chris McKay / MediaPunch /IPX)

Kenny Rogers dead at 81

Stephen L. Betts - Rolling Stone

Rogers was one of music’s true crossover artists, scoring hits in both country and pop

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