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coronavirus State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

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kenya Kenya hit by worst locust plague in 70 years Mark Frauenfelder

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politics This White House appointee has an extremely creative resume Jason Weisberger

racism Facebook claims to be taking white supremacist violence more seriously, LMAO Xeni Jardin

finance The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

immigration Government moving 300 migrant children out of Texas Border Patrol station after AP reveals horrific conditions Xeni Jardin

human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow

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