CNN details recent conspiracy theories — which law enforcement has made clear are untrue — that have emerged about the Oregon wildfires. And for Time magazine, Charlotte Alter spoke to voters across Wisconsin and found that conspiracy theories have become entrenched in the American psyche. Bloomberg Businessweek spoke with workers at several companies who say they were told not to discuss COVID-19 workplace cases. The Washington Post reports that after hundreds of meatpacking plants saw outbreaks among their workers, only two plants have been fined. And the Intercept reveals that employees who have gotten sick with the coronavirus are not receiving workers’ compensation. California Sunday Magazine breaks down how the vote-by-mail industry works. The Atlantic explains why smartphones can’t quite capture the red skies from recent wildfires.

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