Gabriel Winant, a professor at the University of Chicago interviews Shantonia Jackson, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) who works at City View Multicare Center, a nursing home that experienced a major COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Death and Life of the Greatest American City
“The city feels simultaneously attacked, abandoned, and bereft of competent leadership. It also feels very, very alive.” In an essay at GEN, Glynnis MacNicol explores New York City’s #NoFilter era.
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Out of Work in America
In partnership with local news organizations across the U.S., the New York Times documents the lives of 12 Americans who are out of work during the pandemic.
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The COVID Cruise Ship and the Maine Fishing Town
“Eastport tried for years to lure mega cruise ships. Then, amid a global pandemic, it got one, along with a skeleton crew of coronavirus exiles.”
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Lives, on the Line
Six lives changed forever, as COVID-19 swept across Minnesota.
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Only One of Their Children Survived Sandy Hook. Now School Posed a New Threat: The Virus.
“After losing their 6-year-old daughter in a mass shooting, can Isaiah Marquez-Greene’s parents bear to let him return to high school during a pandemic?”
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Pregnant During the Pandemic: Three Stories
What’s it like to be pregnant or a new mother right now? Hazlitt publishes three dispatches on pregnancy during the pandemic.
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Nine Days in Wuhan, the Ground Zero of the Coronavirus Pandemic
“There’s no other country where the pandemic’s effects have been so concentrated in a single city.”
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Inside the Airline Industry’s Meltdown
“Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue.”
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No Cold Beer, No Flowers, and No One to Park the Car: A Shadow Economy Hits the Skids As Restaurant Suppliers Lose Their Jobs
Eight million Americans are employed in restaurant-adjacent industries. How are they coping during the pandemic? Anya Schultz interviews a group of business owners and workers around the U.S., including a florist, grease recycler, valet parker, and knife shop owner.