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Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts

‘You Just Have to Have a Strong Mind’: Shantonia Jackson on Working in a Nursing Home During the Pandemic

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 10, 2020October 19, 2022

“The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 5, 2020October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inNonfiction

An Addict, a Nurse, and a Christmas Resurrection

by Suzanne Ohlmann December 20, 2019December 30, 2022

Working the night shift on an intensive care unit, Suzanne Ohlmann brushes up against death, Jesus, and her biological father.

Posted inReading List

A Reading List to Celebrate World Breast Pumping Day

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 25, 2019October 19, 2022

Here’s a reading list to celebrate World Breast Pumping Day on January 27.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story

by Longreads May 31, 2018October 19, 2022

The landscape of operating theaters must be terrifying for patients, but it’s becoming normal for me. It’s amazing what you can get used to.

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