COVID-19 Archives - Page 3 of 5 - Reveal

A collage in purple and green hues shows the states of California and Florida, with photos of the governors of the two states.

How a national health crisis fell on the backs of local leaders

by Lance Williams, Laura C. Morel, Marisa Lagos, Caitie Switalski, Melissa Lewis, Emily Harris, Soo Oh and Jen Chien June 18, 2020June 30, 2021

With a leadership vacuum in Washington, the San Francisco Bay Area’s shelter-in-place orders led the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A collage of an American flag and painted coronavirus cells is in the background. In the foreground is text reading Divided States of Pandemic

Divided states of the pandemic

by Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Mwende Hinojosa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Al Letson, Jen Chien, Emily Harris, Lance Williams, Laura C. Morel, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh and Melissa Lewis June 13, 2020December 15, 2021

The federal government’s failure to manage the pandemic shifted the burden to local officials. We look at state responses in California and Florida.

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A purple painting evoking coronavirus cells is behind text reading HOME SCHOOL

Home school

by Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Mwende Hinojosa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Will Carless, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Patrick Michels, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Michael I Schiller, Esther Kaplan and Brett Myers May 30, 2020July 1, 2021

Online learning works only if you can get online. We explore why tens of thousands of families are caught on the wrong side of the digital divide.

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Jewel Cadet and Jamilah Felix are wearing hospital gowns stained with red, each holding a candle in front of a monument carved with Marion Sims' name.

COVID-19, Health Care

Reproducing racism

by Priska Neely, Jen Chien, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Najib Aminy, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa May 23, 2020July 1, 2021

As racial disparities in health come into the spotlight amid COVID-19, we explore how the legacy of racism affects maternal health in the U.S.

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Outside of an Amazon warehouse, a protester holds a sign saying "money come and go, but health is irreplaceable. Shut down Amazon."

Behind the Smiles, COVID-19

Inside one of Amazon’s hardest-hit warehouses: ‘Why aren’t we closing the building?’

by Will Evans May 20, 2020June 30, 2021

The company’s long-simmering tensions with its warehouse workers have spilled over in the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘If the virus makes it here, this place is a ticking time bomb.’

by Thi Bui, Laura C. Morel, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike May 18, 2020June 30, 2021

Part one in our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic.

An illustration shows a teen boy sitting on a bunk bed in immigration detention while coronavirus cells lurk nearby

COVID-19, Immigration

Families are standing by to take in migrant kids, but the government won’t let them out

by Aura Bogado May 14, 2020June 30, 2021

An urgent battle is playing out between the U.S. government and immigration lawyers over detained children as COVID-19 sweeps across the country.

Nurses and doctors hiding under an oversized, flimsy surgical mask.

Accountability, COVID-19

31,000 and counting

by Jennifer Gollan and Elizabeth Shogren May 12, 2020June 30, 2021

A lobbying campaign driven by scarcity pushed the CDC to relax protective gear guidelines. Now tens of thousands of health workers are infected.

A red and yellow painting of a coronavirus cell is behind text that says Unprotected

(Un)protected

by Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Priska Neely, Michael Montgomery, Esther Kaplan, Taki Telonidis, Jennifer Gollan, Elizabeth Shogren and Chris Harland-Dunaway May 9, 2020July 1, 2021

At a time when America is relying on health care workers more than ever, we look at why there’s not enough protective gear to keep them safe.

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In the foreground, text reads Pandemic Protests and Profits. In the background is a green and blue painting evoking a sea of Coronavirus cells.

Pandemic, protests and profits

by Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Kevin Sullivan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Byard Duncan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Will Evans, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, David Rodriguez, Andy Donohue and Chris Harland-Dunaway April 25, 2020July 1, 2021

Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.

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