June 21, 2020

Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity

No other state has such a wide gap – more than 25 percentage points – between the size of the Black population and that community's share of infections.

Press Herald

Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate jumps, indicating rising contagion

Reuters

Approval of Trump's coronavirus response underwater, as he returns to campaign trail: POLL

A solid majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday finds.

ABC

Mask wearing sporadically enforced among nation's major police departments: Analysis

Anecdotal evidence from various cities suggests some portion of officers are choosing to forgo face coverings.

ABC

Women’s Job Losses From Pandemic Aren’t Good for Economic Recovery

WSJ

Smile! Could the pandemic lead to happier times?

What lessons can we learn from Laurie Santos, the professor whose ‘happiness’ course became a global hit? And could the current health crisis lead to a wellbeing revolution? By Josh Jacobs

The Guardian

Racial violence and a pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020

The wave of violence a century ago against Black Americans echoes how today, 'people feel they have little to lose, and so much at stake,' one historian said.

NBC

The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper

In another sign of how the coronavirus crisis is disrupting commerce, banks are running short of nickels, dimes and quarters. The Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, is having to ration change.

NPR

On GPS: What can we learn from Wuhan's COVID response?

CNN

June 21, 2020

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