Melrose Mac Service coordinator, Josh Smart, left, helps out customer Eric Hall, Monster Lighting general manager, to make a contact-less purchase through a plexiglass wall at the store in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Los Angeles County has announced a new stay-home order as coronavirus cases surge out of […]
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Trump’s Thanksgiving Message Urges People To ‘Gather,’ Despite Raging Pandemic
President Donald Trump urged Americans to “gather” for Thanksgiving — even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the U.S., with hospitalizations rising and the daily death toll often surpassing 2,000. “I encourage all Americans to gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to […]
Inside L.A.’s Raging ‘Fast Fashion’ Coronavirus Hot Zone
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty Carlos had been out of work for nearly a month in April when his roommate in Los Angeles, a fellow garment worker from Mexico, contracted COVID-19. Carlos, who declined to provide his last name or the name of his employer for fear of retaliation, […]
Inside LA’s Raging ‘Fast Fashion’ Coronavirus Hot Zone
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty Carlos had been out of work for nearly a month in April when his roommate in Los Angeles, a fellow garment worker from Mexico, contracted COVID-19. Carlos, who declined to provide his last name or the name of his employer for fear of retaliation, […]