Yearly Archives: 2020

New York City will begin reopening on July 6

People practice social distancing in white circles at Domino Park in Williamsburg during the coronavirus pandemic on May 17, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | fake pictures New York City is slated to begin its phase three reopening beginning July 6, which would reopen restaurants for indoor service …

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A new face of the Democratic Party emerges: black progressives

The unexpected revival was marked by black candidates in New York, Virginia, and Kentucky, who lead their contests or run remarkably close on challenges that they were expected to lose evenly from the start. In New York, a Democratic stronghold with a former Congressional delegation, Jamaal Bowman, a 44-year-old former …

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5 signs California is headed in the wrong direction

As more people venture out and expand their social circles, the coronavirus pandemic is sending some alarming signals to California about the effects of the reopening. “Right now it seems like things are going in the wrong direction,” said John Swartzberg, an infectious disease expert and professor emeritus at UC …

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Satellites documented the impact of COVID-19 from space

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are monitoring how COVID-19 has changed the economy and the environment. The three space agencies gathered satellite observations to create a new dashboard that was unveiled today. The COVID-19 Earth Observation Panel allows users to explore how …

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