essential workers

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Grocery Store Cashier Shot and Killed After Asking Someone to Wear a Mask

06.15.21

By Paul Blest
News

COVID Vaccine Sign-Up Links Are Spreading on Email Chains and Creating Chaos

01.07.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

The CDC Wants These Groups to Get the COVID Vaccine Next

12.21.20

By Paul Blest
News

A Publix Worker Died of COVID After He Wasn’t Allowed to Wear a Mask

11.24.20

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Poorly Designed Curfews Are Wreaking Havoc on Cities

06.03.20

By Aaron Gordon
Money

They Call Me a Hero Because I Work at Kroger, So Why Do I Feel Disposable?

05.15.20

By Anonymous
Identity

‘You Just Can’t Say No’: Muslim Essential Workers on Working Through Ramadan

04.21.20

By Leila Ettachfini
Entertainment

Florida Deemed Pro Wrestlers ‘Essential’ Workers, and the Political Ties Are Sketchy

04.16.20

By Jelisa Castrodale
These Are the Frontline Workers Who Take Over When Coronavirus Patients Die

04.09.20

By Adi Renaldi
Money

FedEx’s CEO Says It’s Protecting Workers. Video From a Warehouse Tells a Different Story

04.06.20

By Anna Merlan
Life

13 Essential Workers Describe What Their Lives Are Like Right Now

04.02.20

By Reina Sultan
Tech

Workers Were Always ‘Essential’

03.31.20

By Jordan Pearson

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Tech

Apple Reportedly Developing Smart Doorbell With FaceID

Unlock your home with your face, because *gestures broadly at techno-dystopia*.

12.23.24

By Matt Jancer
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Gaming

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12.23.24

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Life

Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano Is Erupting, and You Can Watch It Live

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