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Michelle Obama (Image: Michelle Obama/Facebook) Who wouldn’t want to be read to by former first lady Michelle Obama? That was rhetorical! Thanks to PBS, viewers will be able to read along with Obama every week on PBS Kids in partnership with Penguin Random House. Viewers can also tune in on …

Photo: Shutterstock At this point, it’s not terribly surprising to find out a police department is filled with the same kind of people that see a virus as the perfect excuse to bust out some racism. KVUE reports that an investigation into the Austin Police Department in Texas has revealed …

Brookhaven, unlike many of its competitors, has no shortage of personal protective equipment. Nor has it had trouble with staff absences or scarce funding, Leape told me. Over the past month, it has ramped up social-distancing measures to the point that staff members hardly have contact with residents, except when …

The coronavirus has experienced a major outbreak in one Ohio prison. According to state officials, the Marion Correctional Institution has accumulated more than 1,800 cases of coronavirus. The Ohio Department of Health has reported more than 1,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state Sunday (April 19). Much of …

Essential worker. It’s just one of the many new terms, such as social distancing and contact tracing, that have become part of the daily reality of the nation and the world, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The official definition of an essential worker is a person who must continue to …

(Image: iStock) With the global outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, countries and major cities around the world shut down to contain the public health crisis. Chicago is one of the many cities around the world where healthcare professionals are fighting to combat the rising number of new …

Photo: Shutterstock Whether it’s revisiting old novels or watching some of your favorite movies, nostalgia can be a useful coping mechanism during periods of intense stress. Personally, my nostalgia comes in revisiting video games I loved growing up. Oftentimes, wonky controls, poor graphics and dated mechanics can make some of …

Shadi Hamid: China is avoiding blame by trolling the world This anti-China sentiment has manifested in a number of ways. The term “Wuhan virus”—popularized by President Donald Trump that critics say perpetuates already rampant racism and xenophobia surrounding the crisis—is regularly used in India, as are hashtags such as #ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied …

ESPN’s ten-part documentary series The Last Dance, about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 1997-98 season, premiered this past weekend and is already has people talking. One of those people is Magic Johnson, an NBA legend himself, who tweeted about the series on Monday afternoon (April 20): He also shared …

Photo: Christopher Furlong (Getty Images) April 20 (4/20) is widely recognized as the smoker’s holiday. It’s a day where marijuana partakers everywhere celebrate the festivities by…well…doing the thing most of them do regularly anyway, except on this day, they’re doing it for the culture. The American Civil Liberties Union, on …