What’s A Campaign Without A Rally? How Coronavirus Could Alter The 2020 Election.
April 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned American society upside down inside of a week. That includes the presidential campaign, which has already taken a backseat to news of quarantines, lockdowns and hospitals preparing to be overrun with sick people. Social distancing means an end to conventional retail politics; kissing a baby or giving a hug to…
GradeSlam Rebrands to Paper, Announces $7.5M in Funding
April 11, 2020
Paper.PAPER – Company LogoThe funding, led by Reach Capital and supported by Bullpen Capital, is intended to accelerate the rapid growth of the business. Also participating were existing investors Birchmere Ventures, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, Google, Red House Education, Edovate Capital, and Anges Quebec. GradeSlam’s rebrand to Paper emphasizes the importance that the Educational Support…
PHOTOS: Colorado confronts coronavirus
April 11, 2020
As the COVID-19 disease spreads across Colorado, so does uncertainly caused by the fallout from measures to slow its spread. Over the last two weeks, Denver Post photojournalists documented how Coloradans are confronting this extraordinary crisis and carrying on with daily life despite so much upheaval. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostColorado Governor Jared Polis…
Douglas County COVID-19 cases up to 3 as more recent travelers test positive – Lawrence Journal-World
April 11, 2020
photo by: The Denver Post via AP A health care worker processes samples for a COVID-19 coronavirus test at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Services Division in Denver, Saturday. March 14, 2020. Story updated at 10:49 a.m. Saturday Two more Douglas County residents — both having recently traveled outside the state…
Coronavirus | Donald Trump declares national emergency
April 11, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the fast spreading coronavirus to free up $50 billion in federal aid and said he would “most likely” be tested for the virus himself soon after facing possible exposure.Mr. Trump made the announcement at a Rose Garden news conference as he battled to show…
Health and safety: Police shift priorities as crisis grows
April 11, 2020
known as COVID-19, has the potential to profoundly change law enforcement and jurisprudence in the U.S. Police departments are shifting resources and adjusting priorities in an attempt to maintain public safety while doing their best to prevent infection among officers and suspects. Courts that have stayed open are relying more on video for arraignments and…
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND SCIENCE: How did Milwaukee fight off Spanish flu? It closed churches and sc…
April 11, 2020
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND SCIENCE: How did Milwaukee fight off Spanish flu? It closed churches and schools. But not saloons. Milwaukee was among the most successful cities in minimizing the impact of the 1918-19 Spanish flu, though not all of the restrictions it imposed were popular. Clergy weren’t pleased that in October 1918 the churches…
America’s social distancing: How the U.S. came to an almost standstill in March
April 11, 2020
America’s social distancing: How the U.S. came to an almost complete standstill in March as coronavirus spread – but the elderly were slower to react and blue collar workers still had to travelLarge sections of public life came to a standstill over the month of March as the novel coronavirus spreadOfficials shut down schools, ordered…
How will coronavirus-related closures and quarantines affect crime rates?
April 11, 2020
Plus, working from home and weight gain, what colleges are doing with dorm and dining money, great work from student journalists and more Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing about journalism and coronavirus, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. I started…
“They are enabling kids to consume”: Denver children depending on meals supplied by schools amid closure
April 11, 2020
Map by Chalkbeat Colorado Jewel Lankster normally doesn’t have her 7-year-old daughter along as co-captain during her Uber Eats deliveries, but the closure of schools across Colorado in the face of a pandemic meant young Da’vida Jones needed to be watched and her mom needed the income. Lankster and Jones made a pit stop during…