Outmatched financially, organizers relied on their ability to reach workers personally by making TikTok videos, giving out free marijuana and holding cookouts.
Allison Busemeyer
Zoos moving birds inside as avian flu spreads in North America
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have been killed in the U.S.
Outbreak ‘extremely grim’ as Shanghai extends lockdown
China sends over 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid its largest city.
NASA’s moon rocket test delayed over technical issues
Managers failed twice to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the Space Launch System.
Study suggests higher homicide risk in homes with handguns
While some outside experts say the work was well done, important and the largest research of its kind, others disagree.
Hong Kong leader won’t seek new term after rocky 5 years
Carrie Lam’s time in office will likely be remembered as a turning point during which Beijing firmly established control over the former British colony.
No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk
University of Maine’s Jacquelyn Gill and others aren’t sugarcoating the harm from emissions but don’t see the situation as hopeless.
Senate bargainers reach bipartisan $10 billion COVID-19 deal
The agreement comes with BA.2, the new omicron variant, expected to spark a fresh increase in U.S. cases.
Ramadan kicks off in much of Middle East amid soaring prices
Russia’s war on Ukraine also puts a damper on the usual festive atmosphere.
New radio station helps Ukrainian refugees adapt in Prague
The staff of 10 works to provide them with what they need to know to settle as smoothly as possible in a new country.