As the US election campaign nears its end point, one thing about the result is certain: a lot of people won’t vote. Turnout at the 2016 US presidential election was only 60.1% – even without a pandemic. In 2020 there is a risk that COVID-19 will further undermine turnout.
The US is not alone and not the worst. Turnout at the 2016 Haiti presidential election, held only weeks after Hurricane
A city proposal to buy two hotels to house up to 400 homeless people cleared a hurdle Wednesday with unanimous approval from the San Diego Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee.
Not everybody is on board with the idea, however. Public comments during the meeting, held remotely with people calling in, found a few Mission Valley residents had concerns about the city’s plan to convert a Marriot Residence Inn near
This research is powered by the VICE Media Group audience. We surveyed the VICE, Refinery29, and i-D audiences in March, June and September to track the evolution of young people’s attitudes and behaviors to help us understand the pandemic’s lasting impact on the world. Over the three waves of research we spoke to nearly 15,000 people in more than 30 countries. The majority of respondents were between the ages of
Here in the United States, the discussion of coronavirus no longer focuses much on the origin of the virus, focusing instead on the outbreak in the White House, the president’s infection and ongoing recovery, the rate of cases, and the approval
Though Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization (WHO) declined during a recent special session to directly agree with the assessment that Donald J. Trump’s reported COVID-19 diagnosis was “inevitable” given his general disregard for pandemic-appropriate behavior, one would be hard-pressed to approach anything nearing shock regarding the failed steak salesman’s current situation.
Instead, Ryan made a point to remind those listening that the oft-repeated health precautions—i.e. wearing a
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While the federal government is advising Canadian citizens to avoid all non-essential travel, there are still a few people flying across Canada and abroad, says one Saskatoon travel agent.
“Over the last six months, demand has been down 80 to 90 per cent,” says Jamie Milton,
Across the country, local governments are fighting to regulate or close down extended-stay hotels, particularly the low-cost accommodations they view as hubs of crime and illicit activities.
But their battles against these hotels — where guests can pay by the week and stay for as long as desired — often have collateral damage. They are often the last housing resort for many low-income, transient workers.
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The Government’s scientists considered using Covid-19 quarantine hotels for vulnerable people who live in the most deprived areas of Britain, it emerged today.
Overcrowded households with poor ventilation, such as high-rise flats, make it difficult to adhere to social distancing if someone with the virus is asked to self-isolate.
The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) said this was risky in multi-generation
When Los Angeles city and county officials reached out to local hotels, hoping to lease rooms through a new program meant to help homeless people survive the COVID-19 pandemic, they ran into a host of concerns.
One downtown hotel was worried about how participating in the program, Project Roomkey, would affect its brand, according to a report issued this week by a city analyst.
Several hotels said they were already
More than 1 million people have died from Covid-19 since the coronavirus was first identified late last year in China, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
With more than 200,000 deaths, U.S. continues to lead the global death toll, followed by Brazil at 142,000 and India at 95,500, the tally on Monday showed.
“Our world has reached an agonizing milestone,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a
When Los Angeles city and county officials reached out to local hotels, hoping to lease rooms through a new program meant to help homeless people survive the COVID-19 pandemic, they ran into a host of concerns.
One downtown
Knowing that Northern California hotels could soon be inundated by evacuees fleeing the fast-moving Glass Fire, Steve Page is doing his best to increase amenities at the 50 Acres Campground by the Sonoma Raceway, near San Pablo Bay in southern Sonoma County.
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The San Diego Housing Commission voted recently to buy two hotels to house homeless people now living in the temporary shelter in the Convention Center.
The plan to purchase Marriott Residence Inns in Mission Valley and Kearny Mesa for about $106.5 million comes from a variety of federal and state programs. Part will be from the state’s Project Homekey fund, money set aside for specifically housing homeless people at high
Helping those with visual disabilities is the mission of Juan David Cruz, a Colombian engineer who, at the age of 26, has positively impacted the lives of 40,000 people through his free application called Vhista.
The tool allows its users to explore their environment. “Use the iPhone’s camera, pointing anywhere, and the app will tell you, with about 80 percent certainty, what objects are in front of you. It also
A little over six months since the spread of Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, nearly 30 million people globally have now contracted the virus, marking another milestone as many brace for a possible resurgence during the fall and winter seasons.
September 17, 2020, Saxony, Dresden: Jens Jungmann, spokesman for Saxony’s Minister of Economics, is … [+]
