Corona, Politics, Finance News

Corona

Seven-day averages for new coronavirus cases hit fresh highs in more than a dozen states https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/26/coronavirus-covid-updates/

Opinion | Schools are moving toward closing for the fall. That is not their fault. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thankfully-it-isnt-trumps-choice-on-how-schools-reopen/2020/07/24/28adc758-cdf5-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html

Thousands of Maryland children will fall behind academically without in-person schooling, advocates warn https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-learning-loss-covid-online-instruction-20200724-u2usc3jehzaxzfgcr6wrmyvxy4-story.html

Designing Pull Funding For A COVID-19 Vaccine | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00646#.Xx2Y7dq-B6g.twitter

A trial for coronavirus vaccine researchers: Making sure black and Hispanic communities are included in studies https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/26/trial-coronavirus-vaccine-researchers-making-sure-black-hispanic-communities-are-included-studies/

Hanna hammers South Texas, hit hard by coronavirus, with flooding rains https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/26/hanna-south-texas/?tid=ss_tw

Hoping to Understand the Virus, Everyone Is Parsing a Mountain of Data https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/coronavirus-data.html?smid=tw-share

Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html?smid=tw-share

Opinion | I’m a doctor in Miami. Here’s how I know Florida’s covid-19 outbreak won’t improve anytime soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/21/im-doctor-miami-heres-how-i-know-floridas-covid-19-outbreak-wont-improve-anytime-soon/

Politics

American Catastrophe Through German Eyes https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/trump-germany.html?smid=tw-share (Very important article!!)

"There is something repugnant about Trump, yes, but there is also something quite sad about the man. He is a damaged soul," @Peter_Wehner writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/trump-wallowing-self-pity/614434/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

America’s global standing is at a low point. The pandemic made it worse. https://wapo.st/reckoningworld?tid=ss_tw

Trump's Use of Federal Agents in Portland May Go Beyond What Is Lawful. Here's How We Can Get Answers About What's Going On https://time.com/5871294/donald-trump-portland-intervention/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-brief&utm_content=20200726&et_rid=21583563

Protests explode across the country; police declare riots in Seattle, Portland https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/25/seattle-police-declare-riot-renewed-black-lives-matter-protests/

The Trump administration has been detaining migrant children as young as a year old in hotels, according to a lawsuit. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-migrant-children-hotels-texas-civil-rights-project_n_5f1bae78c5b6128e68261655?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004  

Heather Cox Richardson: Reality is disrupting the ideology of today’s Republican Party. (Well written column) https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-26-2020?r=5dxjz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter

Opinion | Reagan Foundation to Trump, RNC: Quit raising money off Ronald Reagan’s legacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/25/reagan-foundation-trump-rnc-quit-raising-money-off-ronald-reagans-legacy/

As public schools go all virtual in fall, parents eye private schools that say they will open their campuses https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/as-public-schools-go-all-virtual-in-fall-parents-eye-private-schools-that-say-they-will-open-their-campuses/2020/07/26/1e446ab0-cc5b-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html

A ‘Wall of Vets’ Joins the Front Lines of Portland Protests https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/a-wall-of-vets-joins-the-front-lines-of-portland-protests.html?smid=tw-share

A 2020 Question 100 Days Out: Will the Elections Be Free and Fair? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/us/politics/2020-election-voter-fraud-interference.html?smid=tw-share

Trump keeps touting New Jersey fraud case to attack mail voting. Local leaders say he’s not telling the whole story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-keeps-touting-new-jersey-fraud-case-to-attack-mail-voting-local-leaders-say-hes-not-telling-the-whole-story/2020/07/26/480466de-ca99-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

The Trump administration just admitted it lied about singling out New Yorkers for punishment https://wapo.st/2OX33ZJ?tid=ss_tw

Opinion | A top HHS aide’s last job was ‘Labradoodle breeder.’ He’s one of many unqualified appointees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-top-hhs-aides-last-job-was-labradoodle-breeder-hes-one-of-many-unqualified-appointees/2020/07/26/111df1dc-cddf-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html

Sen. Tom Cotton bill would prohibit federal funding for teaching The 1619 Project (About Our Slavery History) - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/3jFYkJZ

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed the everyday-ness, casual degradation and fear behind the slur on the floor of the House on Tuesday morning. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-ted-yoho-bitch-speech_n_5f19d838c5b6296fbf3f7b6d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Finance

Class of 2020 leaves Maryland colleges to find uniquely bleak job market crushed by pandemic, recession https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-college-graduates-no-jobs-20200724-dgq7v7wsijbrjaue35kw2e7ici-story.html

‘The forgotten industry’: Westminster business calls on Congress to provide COVID-19 relief to bus companies https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/cc-rills-bus-covid-relief-bus-industry-westminster-20200726-grsz3okky5bwbputyxgc34neby-story.html    

Region’s food truck owners wonder if they’ll survive the pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/regions-food-truck-owners-wonder-if-theyll-survive-the-pandemic/2020/07/24/f5368674-cc2f-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html

Amid pandemic, graduate student workers are winning long-sought contracts https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/19/grad-student-unions-pandemic/  

Banks face a unique coronavirus problem: Now everyone is wearing a mask https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/22/face-mask-banks/

Analysis | If a business is still closed at this point in the crisis, it’s probably permanent https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/23/permanent-business-closures-yelp/         

This package of 31 articles on Corona, Politics, Finance News can be found at https://tinyurl.com/blogcorpolfin072720. This blog is published daily.

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