As the world fights a pandemic, we reached out to some of our favorite artists with a few quarantine questions about these unprecedented times. Here’s what Mike Scott of the Waterboys had to say. What are you doing with your unexpected time at home? I’ve been at home with my …
Read More »General Electric Workers Want to Build Medical Equipment to Fight Coronavirus. Management Is Standing in the Way
The workers at General Electric Aviation’s facility in Lynn, Massachusetts make jet engines and helicopter parts, most notably the massive T408 engine that powers the U.S. Marine Corps “King Stallion” heavy-lift helicopter. They are good at what they do, but in the past few decades the company has steadily moved …
Read More »States Are Using the Cover of COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion and Health Care for Women
On March 18th, as the reality of the coronavirus crisis was becoming painfully apparent to Americans, the Idaho Legislature was turning its attention to health care concerns of another kind: making sure that women were denied access to abortion at some nebulous future date. Across the country, state legislatures had …
Read More »Trump Backs off New York Metro Area Quarantine Talk
UPDATE: President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday night to announce that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will not be quarantined. Earlier today, the president said he was considering the matter and faced pushback from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Trump supporters like Fox News host Laura Ingraham. …
Read More »Trevor Noah Praises Angry Italian Mayors, Roasts Republicans Over Aid Package Slush Fund
Monday, Trevor Noah delved into the latest coronavirus updates from around the world — touching on the decision to reschedule the Olympics, angry Italian mayors and the $500 billion slush fund at the heart of the Republicans’ stimulus package on The Daily Social Distancing. Noah started with how the crisis …
Read More »Ronnie Wood Shares Message for People in Recovery Who Are Self-Isolating
After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, Ronnie Wood got clean in 2010 and has been in recovery for 10 years. “It’s like having a second chance at life,” the Rolling Stones guitarist said last year. “Seeing everything with clarity, gratitude; it’s unbelievable. I feel so good. And to have …
Read More »Amazon Is Halting New CDs and Vinyl Record Sales
We’re only starting to see the first signs of the likely unprecedented and inevitably devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the music industry. Analysts estimate that the concert industry could lose as much as $5 billion as festivals like SXSW and Coachella postpone and acts from Billie Eilish to Celine Dion …
Read More »Recording Academy, MusiCares Set Up COVID-19 Relief Fund
With much of the music industry reeling in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy and its charitable foundation MusiCares announced on Tuesday that the two organizations have set up a $2 million COVID-19 Relief Fund for music industry members in financial need. A spokesperson for the Recording …
Read More »Miley Cyrus: 'This Is a Great Time to Practice Restraint'
Miley Cyrus has urged her fans not to hoard supplies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She included a video clip from her TV series Hannah Montana to illustrate her point. Writing on Twitter over the weekend, Cyrus said, “Be thoughtful. Respectful. Compassionate. HUMAN. while preparing for social distancing…. …
Read More »What Is Coronavirus, the Mysterious Virus Spreading Across China?
Recently, reports from Wuhan, China, started circulating of people getting sickened by “novel coronavirus,” or 2019-nCoV, a mysterious virus that has been spreading across China. As of Thursday afternoon, there are 653 confirmed cases of n-CoV and 18 people have died from the virus, with some suggesting the actual count …
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