As America’s businesses enforce mask mandates, the impact has fallen on workers – mostly women – who face hostility and sexual harassment.
Author: Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY
The COVID culture war: At what point should personal freedom yield to the common good?
America’s debate over pandemic mask and vaccine mandates hinges on an age-old dilemma: When does personal liberty yield to the public interest?
‘They do what they want’: Minneapolis police injured protesters with rubber bullets. The city has taken little action.
Minneapolis police fired “less lethal” projectiles at nonviolent protesters last year. There’s scant evidence the city has strengthened its oversight.
Colonial Pipeline paid a $5M ransom – but will that only invite other malware hacks?: ‘If the payments stop, the attacks will stop’
Some cybersecurity experts, afraid Colonial Pipeline’s $5M payout to hackers will trigger more malware attacks, are seeking a ban on ransom payments.
The evolution of police strategy
‘Most dangerous call’
‘No one has been trained for this much death.’ In a COVID ICU, hospital workers struggle with trauma and grief.
As hospital workers struggle to care for COVID patients, part of the job — and the trauma — is helping families through grief, denial and anger.
‘Failure of imagination’: National Guard absence at Capitol riots shows lack of preparation, distrust after heavy-handed BLM response
Experts say officials misjudged the Trump crowd and feared criticism about a violent federal response similar to 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests.
‘Lunatic hiding in plain sight’: The bitter tale of a woman-hating lawyer who killed a rival and a judge’s son
Before his killing spree, ‘anti-feminist’ attorney Roy Den Hollander blamed everyone from his mom to his ex-wife for a miserable life.
Coronavirus may last 2 years, study warns. And its second wave could be worse.
Experts say COVID-19, which spreads with more stealth and speed than flu, could last two years — and the next wave may be worse than the first.
Overwhelmed hospitals, equipment shortages: Coronavirus pandemic plays out as state planners expected
Emergency experts knew medical supplies would probably run out in a severe pandemic, so state preparedness plans instruct doctors whom to save first.