Across the country, election officials have scrambled to respond in the wake of the growing coronavirus pandemic. With growing concerns about public health and safety, many are advocating for mass voting by mail, either through increasing access to absentee ballots—which are typically made available to voters upon individual request—
The growing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every facet of American life, shuttering schools and businesses, causing the economy to grind to a halt, overwhelming hospitals, and decimating once-thriving industries. Something the new coronavirus won’t do, according to providers and clinic directors, is stop their patients from accessing abortion care.
by Heron Greenesmith, Esq. With so many schools closed across the country and so many parents working from home to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, families are desperate for resources. In response, homeschool organizations like the conservative evangelical-affiliated Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) are ramping up their
Ten years ago today, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. This ACA anniversary arrives in the middle of a global pandemic, with the number of people infected by COVID-19 continuing to soar. The spread of the virus across the United States is
Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, people around the globe are being forced to shift the way we relate to work, school, and nightlife. In California, the virus has impacted the entire state, and Gov. Gavin Newsom and city governments are taking drastic measures to ensure citizens are able
Coronavirus has arrived in the prison system. Last weekend, a second employee within Washington’s Department of Corrections tested positive for the coronavirus. In New York, an employee at Sing Sing prison and a guard and a incarcerated person at Rikers Island have tested positive as well. As concerns escalate
Jose Saldana understands the kind of harm a pandemic like the coronavirus could pose to incarcerated communities. He’s seen it before. “Unfortunately, the Department of Corrections has a terrible history of adequately addressing health crises in the prison system. They have failed at every occasion that I’ve been
In Brooklyn, an Asian man is fighting for his life after being stabbed more than a dozen times in a suspected coronavirus-related hate crime. The attack isn’t the first of its kind, and with infection fears heightening around the globe, the number of racist incidents targeting the Asian community
In Monday’s press briefing on coronavirus, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that to help address its rapid spread, statewide shortages in hand sanitizer, and price gouging from major online retailers, the state will begin selling its own hand sanitizing product called New York State Clean. The new
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