Racial justice, police accountability, mutual aid, climate activism, warp-speed vaccines – we look at ways our COVID-19 year changed American society.
COVID-19
Charging COVID-19 failures, California lawmaker seeks to crack down on fast food chains
The new legislation charges that the industry has flouted rules designed to keep workers safe during the pandemic.
Not lovin’ it
McDonald’s across the country are hit by COVID-19 outbreaks as hundreds of complaints allege safety breakdowns.
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COVID-19 in confinement
Self-isolation may protect us from COVID-19, but what if you’re forced to live with strangers? This week, we look at nursing homes and prisons.
Poor infection controls turn deadlier at nursing homes during pandemic
Federal inspectors cited 80% of nursing homes for poor infection control in recent years. Now, 25% of U.S. nursing home residents have gotten COVID-19.
‘A lot of us feel we are living in a state of tyranny.’
Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
‘I was forced to drive across the country during a pandemic just to get health care.’
A Texas woman seeking an abortion asks: “Why is my life not important enough to the governor and the other men making these decisions?”
An old hate goes viral
Attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have surged since the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. This hate has a deeper history.
‘This is going to be a different city.’
A New York City waiter reflects on the changes COVID-19 has wrought on the city in this comic illustrated by Thi Bui.
‘I was going to save everybody else in this world.’
Nurse Martha Marx talks about the difficulties of caring for patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic in this interview illustrated by Thi Bui.