Stories tagged: "masks"


Learning support teacher Sabrina Werley holds the bottle of hand sanitizer for a student at Cumru Elementary School in Berks County. (Reading Eagle Photo via Getty Images/ Ben Hasty)
PA GOP Fights School Mask Safeguard as COVID Cases Continue to Rise

As coronavirus case numbers continue to climb, especially among school-aged children, Republicans want to end the mask requirement in schools and daycares.

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Black Americans—Who Are Dying From COVID at Alarming Rates—Are Also Being Punished Far More for Violating Orders

A recent report found that people of color were 2.5 times more likely to be policed and punished for violating COVID-19 orders than the white population.

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Face Masks—Which Are Recommended by the CDC—Are Somehow Now Political

Trump has told advisers that he believes wearing one would “send the wrong message."