Top stories published by U.S. PIRG in April of 2020 – Medium

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Top Stories published by U.S. PIRG in April of 2020

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Danielle Melgar in U.S. PIRG

Buckingham Fountain, Chicago

The music of human life

We should preserve the new city soundscape even after this crisis and social…

Josh Chetwynd in U.S. PIRG

An election judge’s perspective

Why we should trust those who administer elections to get emergency…

Evan Preston in U.S. PIRG

Cut food waste with haste

Coronavirus pandemic exposes flaws in U.S. food system

Matthew Casale in U.S. PIRG

We should close more streets to cars to keep people safe during COVID-19

Our car-centric streets…

Gideon Weissman in U.S. PIRG

Debt collectors are going after consumers during the COVID-19 crisis

It’s time for the CFPB to step up

Mike Litt in U.S. PIRG

What to do if you’re struggling with bills because of the coronavirus

It the first of the month and…

Joe Ready in U.S. PIRG

Creating space to vote

Amid COVID-19, we have to untether ourselves from the traditional voting model

Joe Ready in U.S. PIRG

Enough noise. Absentee voting is necessary in a COVID-19 general election.

But we have to start making…

Kirk Weinert in U.S. PIRG

A reluctant convert to vote-by-mail

I’m a big vote-in-person guy, but not at the risk of spreading…

Grace Brombach in U.S. PIRG

Stimulus check plans, finding hand sanitizer, and avoiding scams during coronavirus

These were the top 10 stories published by U.S. PIRG in April of 2020. You can also dive into daily archives for April of 2020 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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Mark Morgenstein

Taran Volckhausen