Although U.S. National Parks have been seeing record-breaking visitation, about half of Americans did not participate in any outdoor recreational activities in 2018 …
Monthly Archives: March 2020
How to talk to children about the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 has reached pandemic status, causing disruption around the world. But as we take in the news and watch public addresses from elected officials, we need to recognize the implications these events have on young children.
Keeping your distance no problem in House virus debate
They sprayed. They wiped. At least two donned gloves.
UK’s Johnson virus positive as new outbreaks appear in US
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first leader of a major country to test positive for the coronavirus while disturbing new outbreaks appeared in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through th…
Oprah on coronavirus: ‘Playing it as safe as I possibly can’
Oprah Winfrey says she’s playing it safe when it comes to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus
They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and more hazardous.
Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
Republicans who have spent the past decade howling about the danger of ballooning deficits embraced the mammoth coronavirus rescue package approved by Congress this week, shrugging off past concerns about the nation’s spending in the face of a public …
California lawmakers plead: fight virus, don’t pack beaches
With cases of coronavirus surging and the death toll rising, lawmakers are pleading with cooped-up Californians not to let a beautiful, sunny weekend tempt them into ignoring social distancing designed to slow the spread of the infections.
‘The day the music died’: Coronavirus tests New Orleans
There were the great fires of 1788 and 1794 and the multiple yellow fever outbreaks of the 1800s. Hurricane Betsy hit in 1965, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the memories linger in New Orleans like remnants of a bad dream.
GOP’s Massie outrages House, Trump by seeking to stall vote
Rep. Thomas Massie has always gone his own way in Congress, ever since he first ran for office inspired by a fellow libertarian-leaning Kentuckian, Rand Paul.