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  • Coronavirus Is Putting Farmworkers — and Their Jobs — at Risk

    Many small farmers and seasonal workers aren’t eligible for federal payouts during Covid-19. VICE News speaks with some of these essential workers.

  • Kenya’s Cops May Be Killing More People than Coronavirus

    Kenya is hunting down people who escape quarantine. VICE News investigates its measures to contain Covid-19.

  • The Law Banning Congressional Insider Trading Isn’t Enough to Stop It

    The law banning members of Congress from insider trading should be upgraded in light of the frantic stock trading on Capitol Hill during the coronavirus pandemic, the bill’s author, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), told VICE News. Members of Congress should be banned from owning individual stocks altogether, and the sharing of “political intelligence” with outsiders should have to be disclosed, Gillibrand said. Her remarks follow waves of outrage over members of Congress selling millions worth of shares before the market tanked over fears of coronavirus. In some cases, those sales came after closed-door briefings about the virus.

  • Bodies Are Piling Up in Ecuador as Coronavirus Ravages the Country

    As Coronavirus tears through Ecuador, hospitals, funeral homes and cemeteries have collapsed in Guayaquil, the country’s largest city. Hundreds of bodies of people who died at home were kept on beds, the floor, and even outdoors on the pavement, waiting for days to be removed. Many corpses more piled up in hospitals and containers parked outside the facilities. VICE News talked to families who lived through these scenes.

  • We Talked to an ICU Nurse Working in an Overwhelmed COVID-19 Ward

    Restrictions on visitors means hospitalized Covid-19 patients are cut off from family. VICE News speaks with an ICU nurse in New York City worried about those who are dying alone.

  • Homeless Families Are Taking Over Vacant Homes to Protect Themselves From Coronavirus

    A group of families in Los Angeles are occupying vacant homes owned by Caltrans, the state transit authority, in the East LA neighborhood of El Sereno.