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Lives of working moms under quarantine
With COVID-19 keeping families inside, some “working-from-home” moms have set up offices in their bathrooms or cars to get privacy. Some women are discovering just how unbalanced work and life are right now.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenWith COVID-19 keeping families inside, some “working-from-home” moms have set up offices in their bathrooms or cars to get privacy. Some women are discovering just how unbalanced work and life are right now. California Congresswoman Katie Porter has proposed legislation to help.
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5 storiesAre beachgoers violating California’s stay-at-home orders?
Some beaches in Orange and Ventura Counties were open this weekend — during the first heat wave of the year.
Read the story10 minMoms struggle to create work-life balance during COVID-19
With COVID-19 keeping families inside, some women are discovering how unbalanced work and life are. California Congresswoman Katie Porter has proposed legislation to help.
Read the story10 minExperiences from a nurse who treated patients during 1980s AIDS outbreak
We learn about a nurse who was on the frontlines of the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Natalie Miles worked at a hospital on Long Island back then, where she helped trace how the disease spread.
Read the story6 min1980s AIDS outbreak: Lessons for coronavirus
"It [AIDS] was seen as this disease of the other. There was a lot of fighting to get people to see beyond that. ... In the case of the coronavirus, people think of it ... as the disease of New Yorkers … of people from other countries," says writer Masha Gessen.
Read the story9 minMusic critics love Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’
Critics have been swooning over Fiona Apple’s new album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” It came out just over a week ago.
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