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Here Is The Last Day Mail-In Ballots Will Be Accepted In Every State
Many states recommend sending in your ballot a week out from the election; that’s today.
He’s About To Be The First Openly Gay Black Member of Congress — And He’s Talking About Mental Health Like Few Politicians Ever Have
Ritchie Torres is grappling with how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting his likely New York district’s mental health and opening up about his own.
Why Does The Electoral College Still Exist?
The founders laid out a system for electing the president in the Constitution. But today, it means some voters are much more powerful than others.
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Addy Baird
What big unanswered questions about the election do you have? We want to answer them. Email me at addy.baird at buzzfeed.com twitter.com/finallevel/sta…
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How The Supreme Court Could Overturn Roe v. Wade
More than a dozen cases are just one step away from the Supreme Court. They could allow the court to overrule Roe — or to restrict abortion for hundreds of thousands of people.
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Addy Baird
We published the first explainer in this Big Questions series today, about how the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade and what would happen next
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My 98 Days in Unemployment Purgatory
As a reporter covering unemployment, I thought I knew everything I needed to get by. Then I was laid off.
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Addy Baird
The difficulty I've had getting UI while work-sharing — as someone very familiar with the program and with union/lawyer assistance — was stunning. How anyone does it alone I will never understand. I'm sure many people just give up.
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Solidcore Sells Itself As An Empowering Fitness Boutique. Employees Say Its CEO Created A Culture Of Toxicity And Sexual Harassment.
“I was just a shell of myself,” one former employee said. “We worked so hard and we were never working hard enough.”
She Called Out Equinox On Safety And Cutting Gym Instructors’ Pay. They Fired Her.
“I didn’t want to resign, but I wanted to say how kind of hurtful some of the actions of the company have made me feel,” Monica Davis told Equinox when she was fired.
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Addy Baird
Yesterday, I published a story about Equinox cutting instructor pay as gyms reopen and the health concerns instructors had going back to work. Today, Equinox fired Monica Davis, who went on the record with me to speak out.
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Equinox Instructors, Worried About Getting Sick, Are Facing A Pay Cut As They Come Back To Work
“I'm a poor person… I just don't get how they're comfortable with those losses happening at the bottom. It's just so weird and greedy to me.”
Porn Actor Ron Jeremy Was Charged With Raping Three Women And Sexually Assaulting Another
The assaults occurred at a bar and a home in West Hollywood from 2014 to 2019, prosecutors say.
A Sheriff's Deputy Made A Tearful Video About Her McDonald's Order And Went Viral
The owners of the McDonald's restaurant told BuzzFeed News the woman was not denied service, but said they'd contacted her to apologize for her "unsatisfactory experience."
A Woman And 15 Of Her Friends Have The Coronavirus After One Night Out
They had been "doing everything the right way," the woman told a local news outlet. “And then the first night we go out, Murphy’s Law, I guess.”
She Died Of The Coronavirus Alone. All Her Children Wanted Was "To Tell Her That We Love Her One Last Time.”
Donna Durkin's children were not able to see her in the hospital, and she was too weak to even FaceTime them.
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We just published another in our long, long line of stories about the victims of the coronavirus. Here is the story of Donna Durkin, a NY mother and grandmother who died alone. Her kids told me they just wanted to tell her they loved her one last time.
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A New York Man “Who Worked Hard, Played Hard, And Loved Deeply” Died Of The Coronavirus
“Instead of gathering around him and each other we are mourning via texts and video and putting our faith in the brave nurses and doctors caring for him that he was not alone.”
The CDC Is Encouraging Americans To Wear Face Coverings In Public. Trump Says He Won't Wear One.
Trump emphasized wearing a mask to slow the spread of the coronavirus is voluntary under a new CDC recommendation.
CVS Stores Are Staying Open During The Coronavirus Pandemic, But Employees Said They Feel Unsafe
“We had a single bottle of Lysol spray, which I finished using three days ago, since we're constantly cleaning the counters."
Trump Said Democrats And The Media Want To Keep Businesses Closed To Hurt His Reelection, Not Protect From The Coronavirus
Public health experts say it’s vital that people stay home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Friends And Family Are Remembering A "Generous And Patient" New York Times Editor Who Died Of The Coronavirus
Alan Finder "was in many ways the consummate twentieth century newspaperman," his son said.
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Addy Baird
We are working on a package of stories about the victims of coronavirus. I just published this one remembering Alan Finder, a longtime NYT editor whose daughter told me today, “His reach was much further and wider than his family really realized.”
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The White House Said People Who Left New York City Recently Need To Quarantine For 14 Days
“What we’re seeing now is that, understandably, people want to get out of New York. We don’t want that to be another seeding point for the rest of the country."