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The new HBO docuseries ‘Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children’ transcends true crimeWhy optimism may not be enough to carry us through times of crisisZoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flawsWith bars and restaurants closed, boozing at home is boomingNetflix’s ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’ is the antidote to the sports shutdown8 smart tips to help you sleep better during the COVID-19 crisis6 ways to learn a foreign language for free while you’re sheltering in place for COVID-19Report: Parks in some states saw a huge increase in foot traffic despite the COVID-19 pandemicHow the American Refugee Committee transformed its brand—and changed its nameWhat FDR, Churchill, and Shackleton can teach us about leadership during the coronavirus crisisVirtual shareholder meetings are the new normal for listed companies in the age of COVID-19I was skeptical of group life-coaching, until I tried one geared at WOCThe U.S. betrayed the healthcare workers fighting the coronavirusThe Wing announces mass layoffs over Zoom after COVID-19 causes revenue to dry up ‘overnight’Here’s how you can get 500 hours of free HBO content for quarantine bingeing9 steps to take right now if you’ve been laid offThis hilarious impression of Joe Exotic from Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ will make you roar‘I’m at risk’: What it’s like to work at McDonald’s during the COVID-19 crisisIkea’s new digital strategy engages users where they are: At homePaycheck Protection Program: What small businesses need to know as SBA loan applications go liveAlexis Ohanian on what brands should—and shouldn’t!–be saying right nowThe 4 best masks you can make yourselfThe latest wildly false COVID-19 conspiracy theory puts the blame on 5GHow the ‘Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ pivoted during quarantine and reinvented itselfThe rise of quarantine UX: How COVID-19 has upended the very idea of convenienceAmazon bans the public from buying N95 and other face masks during the COVID-19 crisis4 ways to reboot the economy that fix the climate at the same timeIs this crisis actually helping to boost Facebook’s image? It’s complicated5 science-backed reasons your anxiety is actually a positive forceWhy pay equity should be top of mind during mass layoffsHow the telephone failed its big test during 1918’s Spanish flu pandemicAmerican Giant, Hanes, and other clothing brands will make 1 million medical-grade masks a weekHere’s what Amazon says it’s doing to keep warehouse workers safe from COVID-19NASA brings back its iconic worm logoWe should all wear masks nowCoronavirus lockdowns across the globe are actually causing the Earth to move lessSuccessful innovation doesn’t have to be disruptive—it’s often small, incremental, and fastCoronavirus is causing a biking surge—can it last when cities open up again?How much are symptom-free people spreading coronavirus? More clues from new data and a CDC reportRemembering Adam Schlesinger, the unparalleled master of pop songs for movies and TV‘I could knife him in the back’: What it’s like seeking a divorce during coronavirusWith graduations canceled, students are using ‘Minecraft’ to recreate college campusesWedding cancellations are everywhere. Here’s how to save your photographer’s jobJaw-dropping 6.7 million Americans apply for new unemployment benefits in a weekHow Under Armour is making 100,000 masks a week to fight COVID-19Unemployment benefits for gig workers and freelancers: Here’s what we know so farSocial distancing logos are the design equivalent of ‘thoughts and prayers’How Big Tech survives recessions and always comes out strongerCOVID-19 case capacity maps predict when your area will run out of healthcare resources6 tools that are more powerful than to-do lists for productivityStreet signs get a poignant makeover for the coronavirus eraHow to upgrade your work-from-home uniform (while keeping comfy)Apple’s Dark Sky acquisition could be bad news for indie weather appsElon Musk’s SpaceX bans employees from using Zoom over ‘significant privacy and security concerns’These 4 things make videoconferencing too bizarre to be naturalThe government will now pay businesses to keep workers on payrolls (and hire back ones they laid off)Art matters more than ever during the COVID-19 crisisWe are doctors on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how we keep our teams motivatedSinger Jessie Reyez has a lot to prove—and you have a lot to learn from her processAir traffic data shows less crowded skies since the coronavirus spreadIt’s time to cancel rentCompanies hiring for ‘essential’ positions get free LinkedIn job postings right nowAmerican innovation challenge: Embracing other cultures’ values to fight Covid-19Animals have the cities all to themselves, and they’re loving itHow an onslaught of lies about COVID-19 overwhelmed our sense of what’s trueJ. K. Rowling launches Harry Potter at Home, casting a charm against quarantine boredomRepublicans love the COVID-19 stimulus, but not the airline payoutsThis app lets you find indie bookstores to support through the coronavirus shutdownsSamuel L. Jackson reads new coronavirus poem, ‘Stay the F**k at Home’Learning to rock climb changed my approach to problem-solving at workSurprising study finds that creativity is not actually right brain–it is left brainWant to cut toilet paper out of your life? We tested this bidet and love it.‘Nailed It’ on Netflix is your cozy, family-friendly, aspirational quarantine showThis fuel cell company has pivoted to fixing old ventilators to give to hospitalsDolly Parton will read your kids a bedtime story during quarantineHalf of these 50 top companies got an ‘F’ in gender pay equityI’ve asked to work remotely for years. It’s painful to watch companies finally complyIkea is making masks and sanitizer to help fight COVID-19‘I’ve never cried so much’: Kith/Kin chef Kwame Onwuachi on closing his D.C. restaurantDesigning for a sustainable futureI’ve been doing Zoom meetings for years. These 7 tricks make them greatBored at home? These 5 new books will spark your creativityMy deputy broke the rules. What, if anything, should the punishment be?We’re just starting to see the devastating impact that COVID-19 will have on poor AmericansTerrified of running out of toilet paper? This calculator can helpWas your Marriott hotel data hacked again? Here’s how to checkThis is Bill Gates’s 3-step plan for beating COVID-19Why masks aren’t better at protecting us from virusesHow Ford is balancing the company’s coronavirus action and brand advertising3 things startups can do to survive the economic fallout of COVID-19Beastie Boys and Issa Rae headline 88 pop-culture musts to get you through April’s quarantineWhat will coronavirus do to one of Africa’s largest slums?A COVID-19 recession could shrink the paychecks of the Class of 2020 for yearsThis new podcast will put you to sleep reading company terms of service agreements‘Virtual’ doesn’t have to mean second best. Your remote team can outrun traditional onesThe Trump administration officially rolls back Obama-era fuel efficiency standardsToday in bad ideas: Companies are trying to trademark ‘social distancing’Be a ‘hand Nazi’ and other COVID-19 thoughts from an NYC doctor’s viral Zoom callWhat is an ‘essential’ business anyway? A cheat sheet for getting through the COVID-19 pandemicHow are people supposed to pay April rent if they lost their job due to coronavirus?What our country can do now to support small businessesThe best coronavirus quarantine memes: We’re bored to the point of deliriumThe coronavirus stimulus package lets you withdraw from your 401(k), but should you?A guide to navigating your career in the midst of a recessionThe planet is full of land holding ‘irrecoverable carbon’—and it’s at riskGetty Museum challenges quarantined people to recreate famous works of art, with hilarious resultsThere’s a massive pay gap between men and women who work from homeBurger King France tweets out ‘recipe’ for homemade Whopper during quarantineHow to use your creativity to fight Covid-19, according to the UNMillions of coronavirus robocalls are spamming our phones every dayCoronavirus is changing work forever. Here’s how to make ageism a thing of the pastWhen hackers kidnap their data, companies are increasingly using ‘breach coaches’ and negotiatorsThe real star of Andrew Cuomo’s press briefings? His PowerPointsA faster portable coronavirus test may be on the way with help from this companyPokémon maker Niantic takes big leap in 3D-mapping tech by buying 6D.ai startupScience-backed tips for settling into your new work-from-home routineForget Facebook: Zoom is the tech industry’s newest problem childHow to design a user-friendly COVID-19 testHBO’s ‘The Scheme’ reveals that 2017’s NCAA bribery scandal was crazier than you thoughtFeeling down? This app shows you which websites are stressing you out4 ways to be a resilient leader during the coronavirus crisisWatch the stars of ‘Contagion’ give advice on how to keep yourself safe from COVID-19How one tech company avoided layoffs even when revenue was cut in halfHow businesses could emerge better after COVID-19, according to B Lab‘Steven Universe’ creator Rebecca Sugar explains the series finale, ‘Future’—and her futureFitness streaming pioneer Tracy Anderson always carries chocolate in her bagGirls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani’s theme song is ‘Dancing on My Own’It took a pandemic to halt NYC’s unfair crackdown on delivery workers’ e-bikesThese bacteria can eat the unrecyclable foam in couch cushions and running shoes7 things that polar explorers used to stay sane for months of isolation that work in quarantineWhat it’s like to attend a conference—in person—in the age of COVID-19On the front lines of today’s Amazon warehouse walkout: A labor organizer fired, another COVID-19 caseThese 10 companies are hiring the most workers right now—coronavirus be damnedNASA made this 3D view of global methane to help track a mysterious spike in emissionsMicrosoft’s new browser tool will save you from accidentally tweeting something insensitiveCOVID-19 tracking map shows multiple strains of coronavirus spreading across the worldBernie Sanders picks a Twitter fight with Everlane’s CEOJohnson & Johnson signs a COVID-19 vaccine deal with the U.S. government“I don’t have savings”: How one LA restaurant’s workers are coping with the closingThis map shares the sounds of coronavirus lockdown around the worldZipline will bring its medical delivery drones to the U.S. to help fight the coronavirusThis documentary shows you what life in social isolation is really likeHousecleaning can protect you from coronavirus. Here’s how the CDC says to do it rightHow to find time for a side hustle when you’re staying at homeJohn Krasinski launches ‘good news’ show from his home during coronavirus, with help from Steve CarellThe all-in-one marketing solution for resource-strapped startupsWatch the Lego recreation of 007’s ‘Thunderball’ jetpack scene you didn’t know you neededThis clever keychain helps you avoid touching surfacesWhy Apple should copy Facebook and put video chat on your TVHow prepared is your city for COVID-19? This impact tool measures readiness at the local levelAdaptability should be your new hire’s top soft skill. Here’s how to test for itMassive study of 101 species shows that females outliving males is not just a human thingHow to keep your business thriving during (and after) the coronavirusOur living spaces are bigger than ever. But not for the reason you thinkThe impossible for capitalism is suddenly possibleRelax: Netflix binging won’t kill broadband during the COVID-19 crisisCovid-19 will accelerate the age of virtual medicineFacebook pledges $100 million to support news industry during COVID-19 pandemicAmazon isn’t letting COVID-19 get in the way of its annual Prime Day saleThe coronavirus crisis is hitting childcare workers especially hardInside the mad rush to produce ventilators and emergency gear to fight COVID-19‘We’re all in this together’? Why brands have so little to say in the pandemicApple, Google, and Microsoft are failing U.S. students during the COVID-19 crisisThis working couple shares their 3 secrets for keeping their marriage thriving during quarantineWhat is ‘force majeure’? The legal term you’ll be hearing a lot during the coronavirus crisis