COVID-19

Noha, an Egyptian engineer, who was chosen to be among the U.S. government's roughly 50,000 visa lottery winners this year, speaks during an interview near her home in Cairo, Egypt, on June 30, 2020.

Green Card Lottery Winners Feel Cheated by Trump's Visa Bans

President Trump has extended a ban on many green cards issued outside the U...

President Trump has extended a ban on many green cards issued outside the U.S. to the end of the year

U.S. Catholic Church Received Billions in Taxpayer Funds from Paycheck Protection Program

Many millions went to dioceses that have paid settlements or sought bankrup...

Many millions went to dioceses that have paid settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse

Bill Nye arrives at National Geographic's Cosmos: Possible Worlds Los Angeles Premiere at Royce Hall, UCLA on February 26, 2020 in Westwood, California.

Bill Nye Is Here to Demonstrate That Face Masks Get the Job Done

The internet’s favorite science guy took to TikTok with an important mask-w...

The internet’s favorite science guy took to TikTok with an important mask-wearing message

Members of Mirman Baheer, a nationwide women’s literary society meet in an office in Kabul, the capital. Mirman Baheer meets in a different secret location each week.

How Poetry Societies Are Giving Women in Afghanistan a Voice During Coronavirus Lockdown

On a frosty February morning in Kabul, Lima Aafshid’s face glows in the pal...

On a frosty February morning in Kabul, Lima Aafshid’s face glows in the pale blue light of her smartphone. She is reciting the words of 13th century Afghan poet Jalaluddin Rumi. Speaking in Dari, her...

A second grade teacher at St Francis School, teaches online in her empty classroom in Goshen, Kentucky on April 15, 2020.

We Must Invest in Teachers to Prevent COVID-19 from Exacerbating the Racial Educational Divide

The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged education as we know it. Every state in the c...

The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged education as we know it. Every state in the country shut down schools as our nation battled an invisible new threat. Educators, parents, and children were forced to navigate new technologies...

A Little Girl's Quarantine Meltdown Is Really Resonating With People

The ongoing pandemic has a lot of us feeling like we’re on the verge of a m...

The ongoing pandemic has a lot of us feeling like we’re on the verge of a meltdown

One vial of the drug Remdesivir lies during a press conference about the start of a study with the Ebola drug Remdesivir in particularly severely ill patients at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany on April 8, 2020.

The Company That Makes Remdesivir Says it Considerably Reduces COVID-19 Deaths

In a study, those getting remdesivir showed a 62% lower risk of mortality