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Governors are starting to close their borders. The implications are staggering.

The coronavirus pandemic is testing the very notion that the United States are united.

By Ian Millhiser

A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy

A woman says Biden assaulted her in 1993. Now #TimesUpBiden is trending.

By Anna North

How New York became the epicenter of America’s coronavirus crisis

Is New York City unique in the country’s coronavirus fight — or is it just first?

By Jen Kirby and Emily Stewart

Coronavirus, anxiety, and the profound failure of rugged individualism

The coronavirus is making us all more anxious and depressed. Here’s what we can do about it.

By Roge Karma

Coronavirus reveals just how little compassion we have for older people

Why our aging population might be ignoring our pleas to isolate themselves.

By Louise Aronson

“This may be the tip of the iceberg”: Why Japan’s coronavirus crisis may be just beginning

Japan seemed to have escaped a massive coronavirus outbreak. Now cases are rising.

By Eric Margolis

Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem.

Making ventilators is hard. Getting politicians to agree on paying for them is harder.

By Sara Morrison

That time Hemingway was quarantined with his sick kid, his wife, and his mistress

And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.

By Constance Grady

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By Carlye Wisel March 27

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By Brian Resnick March 27

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By Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen March 27

Laid-off workers are getting bad severance packages, and worse communication, from their employers

By Gaby Del Valle March 27

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By Alissa Wilkinson March 27

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By Liz Scheltens March 27

New poll finds Fox News viewers think the coronavirus threat is exaggerated

By Zack Beauchamp and Christina Animashaun March 27

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By Jen Kirby March 27

Immunocompromised people are anxious about being left behind in the coronavirus pandemic

By Catherine Kim March 27

Cuomo says he needs 30,000 ventilators to avoid many coronavirus deaths. Trump doesn’t buy it.

By Aaron Rupar March 27

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By Emily Todd VanDerWerff March 27

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By Dylan Scott and Rani Molla March 27

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By Jen Kirby March 27

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By Ezra Klein March 27

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