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Research begins to pick apart the mechanisms behind a deadly COVID-19 complication

"If we can bail out large corporations, we can make sure that everyone in this country has enough income to pay for the basic necessities of life."

John Deranamie is a 50-year-old Liberian man whose dream led him to a meatpacking plant in South Dakota. He contracted COVID-19 as part of his job.

“Even Andrew Cuomo finds time to call his mother,” explains Oregon poet Christine Hamm, addressing the emotional impact of the long quarantine.