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From calls in Virginia to burn “sexually explicit” books in a school library to a wave of challenges to titles by authors ranging from Toni Morrison to Alison Bechdel, the American Library Association is charting an unprecedented rise in attempts to ban books in libraries – many of which it believes are fuelled by organised […]
Currently, more than 16,000 clinicians are caring for millions of patients through the National Health Service Corps, which was founded in 1972 in response to dwindling numbers of primary care physicians. They work in areas with limited access to health care, and during the pandemic thousands served in community health centers and hospitals across the […]
Five Russian jets flew too close to Alaska, without entering U.S. or Canadian airspace, American military officials have said. The incident comes just after Russian warplanes escorted U.S. bombers over the Black Sea and amid continuing tensions between Moscow and NATO. The Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region said it had detected, tracked and identified […]
After surviving Covid-19 herself in 2020, Hall said she decided to follow the science instead of listening to her adult children who say the US government can’t be trusted. “The way I felt when I had Covid was the weakest I had ever been and I don’t want to experience that anymore,” Hall said. “I […]
Under overcast skies Thursday morning, four bilingual public health outreach workers walked up and down both sides of International Boulevard in the heart of Fruitvale, an epicenter of the Bay Area’s COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted Latino and Black people. Clipboards in hand, Raquel Marquez, Carolina Quintero, Alexa Rivas and Efrain Trujillo—recent or soon-to-be […]
Under overcast skies Thursday morning, four bilingual public health outreach workers walked up and down both sides of International Boulevard in the heart of Fruitvale, an epicenter of the Bay Area’s COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted Latino and Black people. Clipboards in hand, Raquel Marquez, Carolina Quintero, Alexa Rivas and Efrain Trujillo—recent or soon-to-be […]