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Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Boston springs slowly back to life

Unlike New York, the stranglehold the coronavirus had on the city is noticeably loosening its grip.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

During pandemic, Rio de Janeiro residents fear police

 According to the National Institute of Public Security of Rio de Janeiro (ISP-RJ), the number of killings by state agents has soared  in the 22 years since the agency started tracking these deaths

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

  Covid-19 takes away the communal joy at Eid-al-Fitr celebration

Sunday’s prayers in the Mosque were the first in nearly three months with attendees. 

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Coronavirus leaves the fate of some beloved New York events uncertain

Thousands of events have been cancelled or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fate of many others is still uncertain.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

South Africa’s lockdown exposes inequalities

Lockdown has brought this lingering inequality to the forefront as South Africans of different economic levels complain about different aspects of their lockdown experiences. 

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

The Bible and Coronavirus

Finding a sense of meaning  has been especially true with the onset of the coronavirus which she believes was predicted in the Bible, especially by the use of the word “pestilence.”

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

First Sandy, Now COVID: Lower East Side Activists Grapple With Construction for Climate Project

Despite the pandemic and community resistance, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project is still on schedule for a 2025 completion date.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

The last reponders

"We are the end point of death."

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

When the pandemic hits a shelter for abused boys 

Aged five to 10 and all survivors of neglect, physical and sexual abuse, they are no strangers to traumatic experiences.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus

Portugal contains the coronavirus despite Spain’s woes

In other words, Portugal responded to the coronavirus before the situation got out of control.