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Evictions and foreclosures in the U.S. could trigger a new wave of infection and illness—but it’s not too late to act.

Today, all we’re left with is a deafening silence that muffles the sound of so much suffering. The unfolding public health, mental health, and economic crisis of Covid-19 has laid bare the fragility of what was.

The pandemic inflames inequalities throughout the country

A community coalition employs an alternative approach at an Alabama bus plant. (Co-published by Newsweek).

The shift toward home cooking and eating at home during the past months of the pandemic may lead to healthier diets.

As we head into the fifth month of the outbreak millions of working families feel like they have been kidnapped and sent to hell.

From our vantage point at the beginning of this pandemic, it is not hard to see how it would have been different if we had had a Medicare for All system before the virus arrived.

But oil industry pollution doesn't hurt human health in times of disaster only. It turns out that a common type of pollution emitted by the oil industry during normal operations may be making exposed people more vulnerable to the COVID-19.

Nearly three-fourths of workers age 65 and older—over 5 million older workers—are unable to telecommute. That means that these workers, who are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, could be putting themselves at risk to earn a paycheck.

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact.