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How teachers are protecting themselves from COVID-19

How teachers are protecting themselves from COVID-19

Apple News Today
Aug 11, 2020 8 min
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<p>As some schools reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, the <a href="https://apple.news/ARaB5m0ObSqWcX65eUiV0hg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> spoke with teachers about their concerns that school districts are not doing enough to protect staff. And <a href="https://apple.news/AjshkoEPvSoSu3_laAf7lUA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chalkbeat</a> describes the significance of a national teachers union endorsing the use of strikes if the safety of teachers isn&rsquo;t adequately supported.</p> <p>One year after the ICE raids of poultry-processing plants in Mississippi, <a href="https://apple.news/A2Sd7w4-5QO2tLjoNoygUtA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks back on the lingering effects of that day. And the <a href="https://apple.news/ABfubC2ADSdKcodjuoc154Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Mississippi Clarion Ledger</a> reports on the lack of consequences for the plants&rsquo; executives and upper management, while migrant workers continue to face repercussions.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AKIQzapymRvOAOQjXkD56sA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> profiles the women who opposed women&rsquo;s voting rights: the anti-suffragists.</p> <p>In an effort to prevent COVID-19 from reaching Antarctica, fewer scientists are being sent to the continent &mdash; which could mean delays for field research, <a href="https://apple.news/AUGmeL2nETw2l35zV7JFyqw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> says.</p>

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