COVID-19 has created quite a few buzzwords and key phrases that we’ll always associate with 2020. Pivot, unprecedented, social distancing, and new normal, are just a few of them. In the hotel industry, contactless hospitality is the talk of the town in 2020. Contactless hospitality is a set of best […]
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Liverpool – ANDREA PISTOLESI There were celebrations across Liverpool last Friday as the city marked what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday with guided walks, live music and the unveiling of a new exhibition of unseen photographs at the Beatles Story Museum. But there’s little reason for celebration for […]
During the coronavirus pandemic, any country relying on the tourism industry finds itself on an economic island—isolated from the income that maintains a tax base and social services. The Bahamas faces the Covid-19 crisis as a literal island, cut off from the outside world via every airport or sea lane. […]
British Cycling will write to government this week to express concern at the way sport’s bailouts are being allocated, with too much attention given to ticketed sports and not enough on the grass-roots facing an “existential crisis”. Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, has asked sports to put in their bids […]
Akvile Stuart The government’s decision not to provide physical proof of settled status has already left EU citizens in the UK facing difficulties proving their post-Brexit immigration status, as campaigners warn this is only the “tip of the iceberg”. The Independent has spoken to EU nationals who have been held […]
Ian Jameson, left, organized a gathering of tenant rights activists at El Monte City Hall to demand that the City Council pass a moratorium barring all evictions during the pandemic. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Things weren’t great before COVID-19, but at least only about 570 families, hungry, broke […]
Healthcare workers and Phase 1A residents exit large tents at Disneyland, Orange County’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Carol Wingate has some stern advice for officials from the federal government on down: Get your coronavirus vaccine act together, and do it fast. The […]
During her winter break, English teacher Keara Williams has hit the phone, making call after call determinedly trying to make contact with her students and their parents. She needs to reach 28 students, including 11 seniors, who received an “incomplete” grade at the end of the fall semester. She tells […]
Keara Williams, a teacher at Hawkins High School in South Los Angeles, is spending time on winter break reaching out to students in danger of failing her class if they don’t make up assignments. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) During her winter break, English teacher Keara Williams has […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indianapolis mother is being forced to figure out how to keep a roof over her family’s head when the CDC eviction moratorium expires on Dec 31. Emily Hernandez told News 8 that she lives in a duplex east of downtown Indianapolis. The mother said she got […]
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2020 has been a truly unique year, with nations inflicting massive economic pain on themselves to mitigate a global pandemic. The list of industries that suffered in 2020 is long and depressing, but the promise of a vaccine in the short term is going a long way to reviving many […]
People dressed as showgirls stand along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas. As the coronavirus surges to record levels in Nevada, the governor has implored residents to stay home. But Democrat Steve Sisolak has also encouraged out-of-state visitors, the lifeblood of Nevada’s limping economy, to […]