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Laura Reiley explains the kinks in the food supply chain leaving grocery shelves bare. Grocery workers share their well-founded fears with Abha Bhattarai. Erin Patrick O’Connor hears from sanitation workers on the pandemic’s front line. Read more: The industry says we have enough food. Here’s why some grocery store shelves are empty anyway . The grocery workers on the front line of the pandemic ne...

Over the past few weeks, many people have said they feel like figures in an Edward Hopper painting. On this bonus episode of Post Reports, art critic Sebastian Smee has a reminder from Renoir and Manet that the good times will return.  Read more: We’re all alone. So let’s get lost in these paintings of parties . Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg reports from an ICU in Brooklyn scrambling to keep up with the influx of coronavirus patients. Read more: Alaa Daghlas prepares for her first day back on the front lines of a Bronx hospital after contracting covid-19.  Inside a Brooklyn ICU, hea...

Chris Mooney reports on the science of why some younger people are getting better, while others are dying of covid-19. Griff Witte reports on how parties and gatherings became clusters. And Annie Gowen on coronavirus deniers.  Read more: The medical mystery of why some people under age 50 are dying of covid-19 . The coronavirus had already reached the United States, but the parties went on. E...

Martine Powers and Ishaan Tharoor explore the meaning of borders in a pandemic, and how coronavirus might change travel and migration in the future. And Mary Beth Sheridan walks us through public service announcements from around the world. Read more: Countries are slamming borders shut.   What will it look like when they reopen?  From Japan to Uganda, global public service announcements...

On today’s Post Reports, Heather Long on how opening up the economy will be less like flipping a switch and more like a slow rehabilitation. Drew Harwell on the privacy complications around Zoom. And author J. Courtney Sullivan on what she’s reading for comfort.  Read more: The economy came to a grinding halt when the coronavirus hit. The recovery will likely be the opposite .  More and...

The president talks about reopening the U.S. economy, but Lena Sun reports that experts say it would require widespread testing and contact tracing to do that safely. Long lines — and no relaxed restrictions — strain the nation’s food banks, Jenna Johnson reports. And, from Anna Fifield, how New Zealand didn’t just flatten the curve, but squashed it. Read more: A plan to defeat coronavirus finally...

For your weekend listening pleasure, senior editor Marc Fisher reads his story about the great toilet paper shortage, and what we can learn from it. Read more: Flushing out the true cause of the global toilet paper shortage amid coronavirus pandemic Subscribe to The Washington Post: postreports.com/offer

Robert Samuels reports on the stark disparities in how covid-19 affects black Americans. Tracy Jan examines how wearing a face mask in public is different for black men. And Jordan-Marie Smith navigates the politics of hair during a pandemic. Read more: The coronavirus is ravaging black communities. One Milwaukee neighborhood is trying to fight back . As the nation is told to wear masks, how black...

Damian Paletta looks ahead and outlines a bleak, new post-pandemic economic reality. Isaac Stanley-Becker reports on what happens when you can’t wash your hands in the midst of a public health crisis. And Emily Rauhala offers a glimpse into Wuhan before and after the lockdown lifts. Read more: With more than 17 million unemployment claims filed in the past four weeks, economists say the unemployme...

Bernie Sanders ends his White House bid. Sean Sullivan discusses the impact of his campaign. There have been only a few anecdotal studies showing benefits of antimalarial drugs in coronavirus patients, yet the FDA has authorized the widespread use of the drugs. Chris Rowland reports. Phil Rucker on why Trump has been pushing the drug hydroxychloroquine, despite warnings from some public health off...

Wisconsin’s primary is threatening to become a worst-case scenario for elections amid a pandemic. Amber Phillips reports on why it’s still so hard to put vote-by-mail systems in place. Undocumented workers are often ‘essential’ — but afraid of seeking health care, and won’t get government benefits if they’re laid off, says Tracy Jan. And Nantucket island has just three ventilators, and is preparin...

Aaron Gregg on the realities of getting a small business loan under the stimulus plan. Nicole Dungca reports that the federal government lagged for months in helping local officials respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Karin Bruilliard reports that the plight of tigers around the United States goes beyond what we saw in the Netflix documentary “Tiger King.” Read more: If you’re a small busin...

Older people can face serious health effects from being isolated — and yet, being isolated is the only thing that can keep them safe, Senior Producer Maggie Penman reports. Plus, Global Opinions writer Jason Rezaian on how he survived solitary confinement in Iran — and how you can survive social distancing, too. And, though we may be apart, a reminder that we’re not alone, from science reporter Sa...

Inside a New York hospital on the front lines of the pandemic. And how health-care workers are forced to face their own mortality.  Read more: Inside a major New York City hospital system battling coronavirus As they rush to save lives, health-care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plans Follow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here .  Subscribe to The W...

How Europe is weathering the crisis, from the U.K. to Hungary. The federal government’s internal debate over whether to tell all Americans to cover their faces in public, from health reporter Lena Sun. And the linen company that’s making medical masks, from reporter Arelis R. Hernández. Read more: Europe is deeply in crisis , or preparing for the worst , Memos from the CDC to the White House lay o...

What coronavirus means for crowded prisons, from reporter Kimberly Kindy. The tension in a community that’s dealing with a deadly outbreak but reluctant to shut down its economy, from Cleve Wootson. And, how the virus is separating extended families, from Caitlin Gibson. Read more: Amid fears that the coronavirus will be particularly deadly in the crowded prisons and jails, counties and states are...

White House economics reporter Jeff Stein explains how corporations are benefiting from the stimulus package. And Hannah Dreier on why “sheltering in place” isn’t really an option for people who are homeless. Read more: What’s in the Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package ? For the homeless, coronavirus is a new menace in a perilous life . Follow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavi...

School closures are a big deal for kids and parents, says education reporter Moriah Balingit. How the shift to online learning has exposed America’s deep digital divide from Tony Romm. And an audio diary of working from home with kids, from Alexis Diao. Read more: The unintended consequences of closing schools. The move to online learning is exposing Internet-access inequality among kids in the U....

Many Americans will receive a check during the pandemic –– but how much, and when? Heather Long explains the federal relief package. Emily Heil checks in with laid-off restaurant workers. And, Abha Bhattarai on those who can’t afford to stock up. Read more: Who’s set to receive a check from the government during the pandemic? Find out here. Laid-off restaurant industry workers are trying to find a...

Cruise ships continued to sail as the coronavirus spread. Beth Reinhard explains why. Michael Scherer reports on the awkwardness of campaigning during a pandemic. And Simon Denyer on how Japan is handling covid-19. Read more: Cruises didn’t stop operations until it was too late. Health experts are asking why. How do you campaign for president during a pandemic? Japan is handling the coronavirus in...

Brady Dennis reports on the growing number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. Sarah Kaplan explains the science of why this virus is so dangerous. And, Rick Maese on the Tokyo Olympics, now postponed until 2021.  Read more: ‘It’s going to get bad’: As outbreak surges, nation faces tough start to a grim week . The science behind what makes this coronavirus so sneaky, deadl...

Shane Harris on what U.S. officials knew about the global threat of the novel coronavirus, and when they knew it. Chris Mooney on why the coronavirus is killing more men. And, Dan Zak reflects on our shifting sense of time and space during the pandemic. Read more: U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic . Why was the government so slow to respond? The cor...

William Wan on how the novel coronavirus will radically alter the United States. Maura Judkis on social distancing with roommates. Plus, Julie Zauzmer’s dispatch from churches deciding what’s more important: fellowship and prayer, or public health? Read more: Here’s what may lie ahead based on math models, hospital projections and past pandemics Whose bedroom becomes the infirmary? Group-house liv...

Phil Rucker on how Republicans are throwing out the political playbook by supporting a massive bailout for the economy. Chris Rowland on the search for a treatment for the coronavirus. And Min Joo Kim reports on how South Korea got testing right. Read more: Trump’s $1 trillion stimulus package composed of bailouts and personal checks is gaining support from Republicans, a tactic the party has trad...