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Contact tracing involves a painstaking process of identifying and reaching out to all of a COVID-19 patient's recent contacts. In Ireland, Irish Army cadets assist with the contact tracing work in Dublin.

How Contact Tracing Works And How It Can Help Reopen The Country

It's a technique widely used in other countries to slow the spread of infection. Here's how contact tracing works — and how it can help the U.S. start to get back to normal.

STEVEN RAICHLEN'S PROJECT SMOKE: Thanksgiving Comes Early

Airs Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV + Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 24 and Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. on CREATE

Grim Reaper Comedy 'Melancholia' Is Surprisingly Uplifting

Nicholas Gurewitch scratched images into clay with a stylus for this tale of Death's visit to an analyst — who helps him come to terms with Death Jr.'s lack of interest in the family business.

Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for Colleton County sheriff in South Carolina, released a photo of himself in blackface in a recent campaign video. He says he was dressed as Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the Black Mafia family. "[If] I'm going to run on honesty and integrity, I'm willing to put out things bad about me," he said.

South Carolina Sheriff's Candidate: I Wore Blackface 10 Years Ago

In a political ad, Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for sheriff in Colleton County, S.C., says he wanted to share his past mistakes before opponents tried to use them to disparage him.

A Photographer's Guide To 'Slow Seeing' The Beauty In Everyday Nature

Janelle Lynch's book of nature photographs is a beautiful invitation to take all the time in the world to become alive to our senses and our surroundings.

The entire writing and editing staff of Deadspin quit after being told to "stick to sports."

After Days Of Resignations, The Last Of The Deadspin Staff Has Quit

Staffers at the sports and culture website began to leave en masse earlier this week following a directive from executives to "stick to sports." The future of the site is up in the air.

'On The Backs Of Tortoises' Challenges Us To Consider How Much Of Life Is Intertwined

Nominally an environmental and social history of the Galápagos Islands, it lays bare the entangled issues confronting us as we attempt conservation efforts while facing a sweeping ecological crisis.

Ownership of "Statue of a Victorious Youth," a bronze sculpture of ancient Greek origin, is being disputed. An American museum is trying to keep it.

Italian Court Orders Getty Museum To Return Statue To Italy

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it has no intention of returning the "Statue of a Victorious Youth," a piece of art from ancient Greece discovered off the Italian coast in the 1960s.

ISIS Announces New Leader

Less than a week after President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terrorist group has issued a defiant message to the world.

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.

Live Blog: Trump Declassifies Crossfire Hurricane Material

The Latest on the Capitol riot and the aftermath

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