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A Fourth Guard at an ICE Detention Center Has Died of COVID-19

Immigration detainees sit in a yard at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A fourth guard at a US immigration detention facility has died as a result of COVID-19, as the virus…

A Massive Study Flagged Concerns About Hydroxychloroquine Last Month. The Authors Just Retracted It.

Cadu Rolim/Fotoarena/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few months, there has been a pretty heated debate raging in both scientific and political circles over the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. The broad outlines are likely familiar at this point: President Trump has touted its effectiveness to…

West Point Summoned Cadets Back for Trump’s Graduation Speech. Now Several Have the Coronavirus.

Don Emmert/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.West Point did not need to have an in-person graduation ceremony this year. The nation’s oldest military service academy had its cadets leave campus in March as the coronavirus outbreak began spreading across the United States, especially in New York,…