In US news and current events today, conservationists are restoring oyster reefs in New York Harbor in hopes of bringing New Yorkers closer to nature. Billion Oyster Project is an initiative to bring back the oysters that once thrived in large numbers in NY Harbor. Like many organizations, the project had to shift to remote work due to stay-at-home orders but we were still able to speak to the project’s co-founder about how long the organization has engaged thousands of students and volunteers to rebuild a lost habitat within an important natural resource.
Anger simmers over restart of production by Detroit automakers. The reckless attempt to restart the North American auto industry is meeting with determined resistance by workers unwilling to risk their lives for corporate profits: here.
The claims of Chinese hacking of vaccine research are not only part of Trump’s anti-China propaganda war but will be used to justify US cyber warfare against Beijing: here.
‘Gun-toting thugs in bulletproof vests intimidating a United States governor’ — This author held nothing back in calling out anti-lockdown protesters and what their behavior could mean for the 2020 election.
Three regions within New York state are set to resume some economic activity May 15, under a plan that leaves significant room for a deadly second wave of the pandemic: here.
An exposé in the journal the City demonstrates that New York City officials systematically downplayed the threat of the coronavirus to New York City students and educators: here.
Kawasaki-like disease afflicting young children and teens after infection with SARS-CoV-2. Around 100 children in New York may have been afflicted by complications of COVID-19 infection, now called Pediatric Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome, with possibly five dead: here.
