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ATLANTA – In the heart of Atlanta, 61-year-old Wayne Ricketts spends his days rooting up weeds, harvesting the...
Nov 19, 2021The pandemic pushes more Black Americans to take up urban farming to fight ‘food apartheid’
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Nov 19, 2021St. Louis community gardens, food pantries head off COVID-19 food catastrophe
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —On a crisp late summer morning, 65-year-old Army veteran Nancy Vonner walked the five blocks...
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Jul 13, 2021The COVID-19 Pandemic Dealt a Body Blow to World’s Anti-Malaria Efforts in 2020
Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the highest increases in malaria cases and deaths worldwide in...
Jun 12, 2021A look back at one year of COVID-19 coverage from Report for America
March 11, 2021: One year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the virus...
Mar 05, 2021COVID-19 restrictions send mental health ripples through Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS — The latest blow to the morale at the Naval Academy came by email. This year, as...
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