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Americans are making it clear: They won’t be ready to go out to their favorite destinations until they feel confident about being able to go. To the bathroom, that is.
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The need to go is a big barrier to going out. Why public bathrooms are a stumbling block for reopening.
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Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld imagines another life for Hillary Rodham –– one without Bill Clinton. And, what we’re missing when we’re missing human touch. 
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Some readers are calling Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book a work of ‘Pantsuit Nation fanfiction.’ She doesn’t mind at all.  
Skin-to-skin contact is often suggested for newborns. But we all need touch.
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Abha Bhattarai and Damian Paletta unfold the retail bankruptcies weighing down the greater financial system. Chris Davenport explains the stakes of the first launch of NASA crews from the United States in nearly a decade. And, Hira Qureshi on the online community that’s breaking the fast together, each night of Ramadan.
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After years of debt, major department store chains are running out of cash –– and fast. 
SpaceX faces its toughest test.
Millennials can’t celebrate in person this Ramadan. So they’re sharing food photos with strangers instead.
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Joseph Marks describes the challenges of preparing for massive mail-in voting. Juliet Eilperin breaks down why people aren’t getting tested, in places that have plenty of tests. Plus, Min Joo Kim explains how a new outbreak in South Korea has pushed its LGBTQ community into the spotlight. 
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Two primaries underscore dueling paths to holding elections during coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus testing expands, a new problem arises: Not enough people are getting tested
Tracing South Korea’s latest virus outbreak shoves LGBTQ community into unwelcome spotlight
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Linah Mohammad reflects on the strict lockdown in Jordan. Ishaan Tharoor unpacks how the “Swedish model” for battling coronavirus is not quite what it seems. Plus, Amanda Coletta explains why expanding your household’s bubble could be a headache. 
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Jordan uses its army to put its capital, Amman, on lockdown.
Sweden’s coronavirus strategy is not what it seems.
Canadian provinces allow locked-down households to pair up – threatening hurt feelings all around.
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Phil Rucker reports on Trump’s dismissal of the State Department’s inspector general. George Washington University’s Kathryn Newcomer on why these positions matter in overseeing the executive branch. Plus, Faiz Siddiqui investigates the pandemic-time deliveries of alcoholic beverages.
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The State Department inspector general fired by President Trump was looking into allegations that a staffer for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was performing domestic errands and chores.
According to California regulators, food delivery apps fueled alcohol sales to minors.
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In 1923, an all-white mob burned down the small mill town of Rosewood, Fla., killing at least six people and driving out black residents. Decades later, the survivors won reparations from Florida legislators, including a scholarship that allowed any Rosewood descendants to attend any of the state’s public universities. Robert Samuels reports on a conversation around the complicated legacy and effects of those reparations. 
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How a scholarship helped — and didn't help — descendants of victims of the Rosewood racial massacre.
Photos of the Rosewood descendants that keep a once-forgotten history alive. 
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Today on Post Reports, Holly Bailey and Tony Romm report that as some states begin to reopen, people returning to work face life-or-death decisions. Aaron Davis explains how an ousted U.S. health official testifies that 2020 may be “the darkest winter in modern history.” And, author Mary Beard on what she’s reading during this pandemic — she recommends Rebecca Solnit’s “Recollections of My Nonexistence.”
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People returning to work in states that are beginning to ease social distancing measures are forced to weigh their financial well-being and the risk of contracting the coronavirus. 
Ousted U.S. health official Richard Bright is blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s handling of the early weeks of the pandemic. 
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Today on Post Reports, investigative reporter Amy Brittain on the truth about Project Airbridge, a White House program set up to deliver badly needed personal protective equipment. Food reporter Laura Reiley explains the long road to recovery for restaurants. And Rachel Lerman says bartering is back in the time of the coronavirus. 
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Trump promised that Project Airbridge would deliver essential supplies to medical workers, but a Post investigation reveals the emergency program is swathed in secrecy and exaggeration. 
As some states begin to open up, there’s concern that the dining experience will be forever changed by the pandemic. 
What would you trade for a roll of toilet paper? Bartering is back in the time of the coronavirus. 
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Matt Zapotosky reports on the Justice Department’s recent moves to undercut the Mueller investigation. Aaron Gregg on the small-business loans that are going to large companies instead. And Monica Hesse on the power and popularity of Purell.
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Why the Justice Department moved to erase Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in the Russia investigation.
Are Small Business Administration loans — part of coronavirus relief efforts — actually getting to small businesses?
Delving into the history and mystery of a coronavirus staple: hand sanitizer.
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