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For five generations Nayda Alvarez's family has owned property along the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas. Alvarez says that if the border wall were built as laid out in preliminary maps, her house would end up about a yard away from it. This could

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'It's Infuriating': Critics Say Border Wall Still Going Up When They Can't Protest

7:38pm May 01, 2020

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

The Trump administration has accelerated some efforts to build the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the president is using the pandemic to justify his push for it.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., in the Oval Office on April 30.

With Trump's Coronavirus Response, U.S. Forfeits Global Leadership Role

10:35pm April 30, 2020

by Greg Myre

The president has rejected the notion that the U.S. should lead a global response to the crisis. The current pandemic has unfolded in a world where no one has offered international leadership.

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Pandemics like the coronavirus "serve like looking glasses" that reflect society's vulnerabilities, author and Yale medical historian Frank Snowden says.

Medical Historian Says Pandemics Are 'Looking Glasses' For Societies

5:07pm April 29, 2020

by Steve Inskeep

Frank Snowden, author of the book, Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present, describes how pandemics stretching back centuries and our responses to them have shaped history.

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Arts

North Carolina's Poet Laureate On New Language In Transformative Times

4:32pm April 28, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

North Carolina's poet laureate says this is a moment for putting pen to paper.

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Rose Sanders urges Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to expand Medicaid during a news conference on April 14 at the state Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

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The South's Handling Of Coronavirus Could Be 'A Macabre Game Of Whack-A-Mole'

8:03pm April 24, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

Underlying issues such as poverty and chronic disease make the South particularly vulnerable. The region is also at high risk for natural disasters at a time when emergency resources are stretched.

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A security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the novel coronavirus was detected in Wuhan, China.

Health & Safety

A Timeline Of Coronavirus Comments From President Trump And WHO

9:25pm April 15, 2020

How did the president respond to key moments during the pandemic? And how did representatives of the World Health Organization respond during the same period?

Carolina Curious: (Your) Unemployment Benefits Questions Answered

2:56pm April 08, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

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Comic journalist Sarah Mirk checked in with grocery workers from across the country to hear more about their experiences during the pandemic and what they want to change.

Health & Safety

COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain

7:16pm April 04, 2020

by Sarah Mirk

"I feel happy to have a job that is important," says a clerk in Portland, Ore. "But safe? No way!" A graphic artist relays the worries, pleas and pride from key workers on the pandemic's front line.

Garrett Ward sprays disinfectant behind a plexiglass panel at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Overland Park, Kan., on March 26. Stores have begun installing the shields in checkout aisles to protect clerks and help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Health & Safety

Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety

10:13am April 02, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

Many low-wage workers with essential jobs — like grocery store cashiers and stockers — can't stay home to protect themselves and their families. The protections they receive vary widely.

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G-20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link in Beijing.

In Phone Call, Trump And China's President Discuss Coronavirus Pandemic

8:25am March 27, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The leaders spoke after a virtual G-20 meeting. President Trump called it a "very good conversation," and China state TV said Xi Jinping offered to help the U.S. respond to the spread of the virus.