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OPINION: To Solve The Pandemic, Biden Must Focus On Equity

Doctors who helped stop Ebola call on Joe Biden's transition team to address COVID-19's racial and economic inequities. The evidence shows a safety net under the most vulnerable protects us all.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd's death while in police custody has erupted across the country.

Amid Brutal Responses To Protesters, Will Moments Of Solidarity Bring Real Change?

The sometimes aggressive police responses to anti-police brutality protesters have been punctuated by occasional unity between the two sides. Will those gestures amount to anything substantive?

In 'Humankind,' Rutger Bregman Aims To Convince That Most People Are Good

The historian and author of Utopia for Realists says that research shows that "especially in times of crisis, we show our best selves. And we get this explosion of altruism and cooperation."

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

August 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the August 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

The Corcoran State Prison is shown in this undated aerial photo. Inmates at its Substance Abuse and Training Facility had their privacy breached during a UC San Diego research study.

UCSD Squashes Attempts To Tell State Prisoners About Privacy Breach

Our partners at inewsource say a UCSD review board wanted to tell the prisoners their privacy had been breached, but University of California lawyers said no.

Public opinion surveys show that Chinese and U.S. respondents show increasingly negative attitudes toward each other's countries. In China, reported levels of satisfaction with the Chinese government have grown.

As U.S. Views Of China Grow More Negative, Chinese Support For Their Government Rises

Recent trends in public sentiment run parallel to deteriorating U.S.-China relations. In China, the pandemic "increased people's satisfaction and support for their government," says a sociologist.

Protesters gather Tuesday in Paris. Thousands of people defied a police ban and converged on the main Paris courthouse for a demonstration to show solidarity with U.S. protesters and to denounce the death of a black man in French police custody.

'No Justice In France, Either': French Protest Police Killings In U.S. And At Home

Demonstrators this week said they were rallying for "our brother" in the U.S. as well as Adama Traoré, who died in police custody in 2016.

A crowd rallied in support of the guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder trial in Downtown San Diego. April 20, 2021.

Live Blog: San Diego Reacts To Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict

This is a breaking news blog for all of the latest updates on the conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd.

After A Bitter Election, Can Americans Find A Way To Heal Their Divides?

NPR's All Things Considered has spent weeks asking experts how the nation can move forward after a bitter election. They say healing is possible, but people have to be willing to try.

Denise and Richard Victor of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., have been missing their grandkids, whom they haven't seen since February. Before the pandemic, they had regular visits with grandsons (from left) Daren Cosola, Stirling Victor, Davis Victor and Lucas Cosola.

Too Little Or Too Much Time With The Kids? Grandparenting Is Tough In A Pandemic

Even as social restrictions ease in some spots, older adults remain extra-vulnerable to COVID-19. That means many families are facing hard choices — whether to hunker down together or apart.

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