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'Please stay at home, we beg you': Hospital respiratory team sends powerful message
Send this to anyone you know who still needs some convincing.
We're ignoring an important factor when we talk about fighting coronavirus
COVID-19 will worsen inequality as it spreads, and the most vulnerable Americans will suffer the worst.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Germans sing 'Bella Ciao' from rooftops, showing support for Italians in lockdown
In Bamberg, people stuck their heads out of their windows and sat in chairs on their rooftops to sing the Italian resistance song.
Coronavirus forces people battling addiction to get support online
In the era of social distancing, recovery meetings can't happen in person.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is the perfect mindfulness anthem. Yes, really.
The only problem is the title.
By Chris Taylor
Even the new Google Doodle wants you to wash your hands really, really well
Shout out to Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis!
The racist backlash to coronavirus
The only thing spreading faster than the coronavirus is misinformation and racism.
Coronavirus is making it even harder for people to access food in America. Here's how to help.
Organizations are stepping up to help Americans access food during this unprecedented crisis, and they need your help.
Want to share viral coronavirus content? Consider these expert tips first.
Think twice before you share.
By Rebecca Ruiz
How to start meditating right f*cking now
We're in quarantine. We've got anxious thoughts up the wazoo. Why not build a practice that can help you cope with both?
By Chris Taylor
How to manage kids' screen time during coronavirus isolation
A pandemic is no time for parents to set sail on some screen-time guilt trip.
By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall
Emergency fund launches to help nannies and house cleaners during coronavirus pandemic
The fund is aiming to raise $4 million to help 10,000 workers take paid time off.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Chatty, cheerful podcasts to listen to if your home feels too quiet
Podcasts can provide us with much needed comfort and company.
Watch Italians send messages to themselves from 10 days ago, stressing threat of coronavirus
"The worst case scenario? That's exactly what will happen."
Coronavirus reveals everything that's wrong with our mental health care system
Too many people are an emergency away from a mental health crisis.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Website that helps you plan for death finds success with millennials
Lantern wants to make planning for death totally normal.
By Rebecca Ruiz
The guy behind that viral hand-washing generator explains how it took off
Almost 250,000 hand-washing posters have been created.
By Sam Haysom
Greta Thunberg calls for digital climate strikes amid coronavirus
"We can't solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis and we must unite behind experts and science."
Watch the powerful gun violence PSA just released by JAY-Z and the NFL
"She came on the planet as a very caring person."
UK government finally, FINALLY scraps the tampon tax
It's taken two decades of campaigning.
Here's what's happening to tech workers who can't work remotely as coronavirus spreads
Not everyone can still work when the office shuts down.
Clever 'remix' of book on history of racism is essential reading for teens
'Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You' entertains while it educates.
By Rebecca Ruiz
'They kill us, they rape us and nobody does anything': Powerful scenes from International Women's Day
What it was like at International Women's Day marches around the world. Some drew huge crowds and were peaceful. Others were met with police intervention.
How to support girls' and women's education
Around the world, more than 132 million girls are not in school,