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  • Will states end vaccine mandates?

    Some might try — but ending school vaccine requirements is complicated and extremely unpopular. In September, Florida sent shockwaves through the nation when leaders announced they were working to end all vaccine requirements for school attendance. The video recently recirculated again, on the same day I published a story about the U.S. vaccine advisers reconsidering…


  • In cold, snowy D.C., a vigil for Alex Pretti and a call for ICE removal

    Abolishing ICE is like clearing ice and snow, one vigil attendee told me. On Wednesday, I reported from a vigil for Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse for veterans who was murdered in Minneapolis by federal agents one week ago. The vigil happened in front of the Veterans Affairs headquarters. There was a cold weather…


  • A “fierce protector of humanity”: A portrait emerges of Alex Pretti

    Alex Pretti, a registered nurse in Minneapolis, was killed by federal agents on Saturday. It was January 2021. The weekly death rates from Covid were the highest of any point in the pandemic, either before or after. Medical providers were getting sick and disabled and they were dying. Burnout was rampant as they worked long…