Carl Natale

Sun Journal

Web editor for SunJournal.com

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Published
April 12, 2020

Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they’re afraid

Grocery workers across the globe are working the frontlines during lockdowns meant to keep the coronavirus from spreading
Published
April 12, 2020

Why do so many ‘essential’ workers get paid so little? Here’s what economists have to say.

There are four key reasons, experts say, including an entrenched power differential.
Published
April 12, 2020

How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk

Economic activity is slowing rapidly, both in the United States and around the world. Social distancing, stalling global trade, widespread illness and the closing of borders, restaurants and schools will all contribute to the next Great Recession. Early estimates suggest that between 14 million and 37 million jobs could be lost during the initial spread […]
Published
April 11, 2020

Elliott Epstein: By suspending his campaign, Bernie Sanders avoids a train wreck

On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders announced he was suspending his campaign for the presidency, finally acknowledging that winning the Democratic nomination would be virtually impossible. An improbable candidate, the 78-year-old maverick, with his pugnacious style, irascible personality, unkempt appearance, and Brooklyn accent as thick as a New York cheese cake, has certainly enlivened the 2020 (and […]
Published
April 9, 2020

Wiped out of toilet paper? Here’s why

Finding toilet paper in a global pandemic is a struggle
Published
April 7, 2020

Americans don masks haltingly or not at all, despite CDC advice

The practice is ubiquitous in much of Asia and legally required in some parts of Eastern Europe.
Published
April 7, 2020

Tonight’s supermoon, biggest and brightest of year, won’t be in quarantine

A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year
Published
April 7, 2020

State asks residents to social distance from black bears

Maine wildlife officials are asking residents to take precautions to avoid unwanted confrontations with black bears
Published
April 6, 2020

Dr. Dora Anne Mills: What it will take to return to ‘normal’

I don’t always get a chance to watch the news on the pandemic, but when I do, it sometimes shows me what a bubble I seem to be in. For instance, the headline a couple of days ago was how Maine saw the largest one-day increase in cases. I thought, “well, of course.” Infectious disease […]
Published
April 5, 2020

Lack of health care access made rural Maine more vulnerable in the 1918-19 flu pandemic

Like a lot civic minded professionals, Dr. William Hatch liked to travel. Befitting one who had been president of the Maine Eclectic Medical Association and who was then the secretary of the New England chapter, the New Sharon based physician was often drawn to the drama of urban life. An accomplished historian he was the […]

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