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Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
Rapid antigen testing is a mess. The federal government pushed it out without a plan, and then spent weeks denying problems with false positives.
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave
Health care workers don’t need patronizing praise. They need resources, federal support, and for us to stay healthy and out of their hospitals. In many cases, none of that is happening.
The Trump Campaign Can’t Find a Judge Who Will Ignore Facts — but It’s Trying
The Trump campaign’s legal strategy has come down to this: Even as judges dismiss lawsuits as baseless, it files nearly identical ones in new courts, hoping for more favorable judges. Failure has not slowed it down.
The Trump campaign’s legal strategy has come down to this: Even as judges dismiss lawsuits as baseless, it files nearly identical ones in new courts, hoping for more favorable judges. Failure has not slowed it down.
New Data Shows the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Increased in Illinois Schools During the 2017-18 School Year
As lawmakers prepare to debate a statewide ban on seclusion and restraint, Illinois schools reported using seclusion — the practice of forcibly isolating a student in a small room or other space — at least 10,776 times in the 2017-18 school year.
As lawmakers prepare to debate a statewide ban on seclusion and restraint, Illinois schools reported using seclusion — the practice of forcibly isolating a student in a small room or other space — at least 10,776 times in the 2017-18 school year.
Featured Reporting on the Crisis
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine
A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections.
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic
Experts who study the way we think and make decisions say that it can be more than politics driving our decision-making this year. The unprecedented nature of the pandemic undermines how we process information and assess risk. Need proof? Look around.
Investigating the Only State Without Public Defenders
An investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found that more than a quarter of Maine attorneys disciplined in the past decade for serious professional misconduct were hired as lawyers for the poor. Defendants often paid the price.
La campaña de Trump no logra encontrar un juez que ignore los hechos, pero no se da por vencida
Trump ganó Florida tras publicar un anuncio falso que vinculaba a Biden con los socialistas venezolanos
Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists
Maine Governor Won’t Fund Reforms for Public Defense Agency Without Accountability
Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble
Climate Change Will Make Parts of the U.S. Uninhabitable. Americans Are Still Moving There.
The Myth of the Latino Vote and What Newsrooms Must Learn From 2020
El mito del voto latino y lo que los medios pueden aprender del 2020
The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling
Judge Orders the Release of Data on Emergency Loans for Small Businesses
Electionland 2020: How Election Day Went
People with Developmental Disabilities Were Promised Help. Instead, They Face Delays and Denials.
Editors’ Note: Why We Investigated the Treatment of People With Developmental Disabilities
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