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The Good News and Bad News From L.A.’s New COVID-19 Study

Kevin Winter/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A week and a half ago, public health officials in Los Angeles County reported that 8,430 people in the county had been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But according to preliminary results from a new…

The COVID Relief Bill Set Aside $8 Billion for Native Tribes. Corporations Could Get Half.

An Arizona National Guard helicopter takes off to deliver medical supplies to the remote Navajo Nation on March 31, 2020.Ross D. Franklin/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During a Friday morning virtual town hall about coronavirus in Native American communities, Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation,…