How the Covid-19 pandemic may reshape US hospital design →
Modified hospital designs have become necessary as the first wave of the pandemic tears through U.S. communities. UNDARK
Read MoreJosé Andrés and his nonprofit aim to reopen hundreds of restaurants while feeding needy people →
World Central Kitchen and its high-profile founder, José Andrés, have launched a pilot program that will feed vulnerable communities across the country while also helping hundreds of restaurants by reopening their kitchens. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreCovid-19 shows where America’s safety net is broken. Maybe now we can fix it. →
We need a permanent solution that allows more workers to receive benefits—especially for gig and non-traditional workers. QUARTZ
Read MoreThe US city that has flattened the coronavirus curve →
Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic. THE ATLANTIC
Read MoreUtah has perfected social-distance voting →
Americans may find themselves following the state’s stay-at-home playbook in this year’s presidential election. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreThis activist organization wants to transform the criminal justice system—starting with prosecutors →
Color of Change worked with ‘When They See Us’ director Ava DuVernay to get reform-minded prosecutors into office. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThese students are learning about fake news and how to spot it →
News literacy instruction is flourishing in the wake of the 2016 election as worries about fake news grow. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreHere’s what happens when public transit is free →
Cities in the U.S. and around the world are making buses and trains free for residents, aiming to increase equality and tackle pollution. HUFFPOST
Read MoreMoney trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests →
In the face of a warming planet and breakneck urbanization, U.S. policymakers are asking how best urban trees can be protected and utilised. PLACE
Read MoreWhy we can be hopeful about criminal justice in the US (even if it still jails the most people) →
Just 30 years ago, getting cross-party support to change sentencing, policing or the death penalty would have been almost unthinkable. Today, though progress remains slow, the costs of tough-on-crime policies are prompting a change of heart. THE CORRESPONDENT
Read MoreHas one of the Valley’s poorest districts figured out how to keep kids in school? →
At a time when rural schools all over California struggle to keep students in school, a three-year-old experiment in the Fresno County community of Parlier is showing some interesting results. THE FRESNO BEE
Read MoreAmericans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution. →
Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids. A new NBER working paper finds that in the years after the dividend’s 1982 introduction, fertility in Alaska sharply increased relative to its previous trends. Their overall estimate is that the dividend increased fertility by over 13 percent. VOX
Read MoreThe fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans. Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop acts paved the way. →
Despite the rise of plant-based meat and ‘Veganuary,’ only 3 percent of Americans are vegan. It’s more than double that among African Americans. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreMake trains not war →
A landmark deal to let China build Boston’s new subway cars shows how a little creative collaboration could rescue America’s infrastructure. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreThe slow demise of cash bail →
As it bans holding defendants on bail for nonviolent crimes, New York is the latest state to challenge America’s bizarre system of money for freedom. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MorePhilanthropist fund backs women to run in U.S. elections →
A new philanthropic fund to support more women running for elected office in the United States was launched on Tuesday, organisers said, amid intense public debate over politics ahead of the November presidential election. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreShutdown of US coal power facilities saved over 26,000 lives, study finds →
The human toll from coal-fired pollution in America has been laid bare by a study that has found more than 26,000 lives were saved in the US in just a decade due to the shift from coal to gas for electricity generation. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe changing meaning of affirmative action →
The terrible paradox of the civil-rights movement is that outlawing racial discrimination made it harder to remediate its effects. Once we amended the Constitution and passed laws to protect people of colour from being treated differently in ways that were harmful to them, the government had trouble enacting programs that treat people of colour differently in ways that might be beneficial. THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreBaby girl born in US after mother has womb transplant from dead donor →
Doctors have delivered the first baby in North America to be conceived after a womb transplant from a dead donor. The girl was born by Caesarean section at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio as part of clinical trials for womb transplants to treat uterine factor infertility. EVENING STANDARD
Read MoreStockton's universal basic income scheme →
The city of Stockton in California has introduced a scheme which gives $500 (£380) a month to residents earning less than the average income. The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) programme is already proving popular with local residents, but could the model work nationally? BBC NEWS
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