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Germany, which is weathering the corona pandemic better than most countries, will soon face giant economic problems, with disaster threatening many citizens. Hard confrontations may well be in the offing, in the domestic and foreign spheres.

Advocates and workers say Los Angeles Apparel failed to come clean about its coronavirus outbreak, creating a climate of fear.

"Better to be offended against, than to give offense to others,"

New England poet Janice Miller Potter reminds us of the social costs of having a “president of lies,” a “president of shamelessness.”

A leading supplier of low-wage labor to major construction projects has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle sexual-harassment complaints 18 women workers filed with the New York State Attorney General’s office.

Until we have effective and safe medications, a proven vaccine and better testing, our best shot at getting control would be to again close many businesses and activities.

Access to medicine is an ethical problem, not a scientific one. And any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and be unequally distributed according to countries’ purchasing power.

The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland.

It is time to rethink what we value as a society and to fundamentally transform our national priorities. Cutting the military budget by 10 percent and investing that money in human needs is a modest way to begin that process.