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an Asian woman with shoulder-length blond hair is wearing a black mask across her face as she stares into space

Our Healthcare System Is Completely Unprepared for Long COVID

by Naseem Jamnia
November 19, 2020 at 10:54am
How will our healthcare system accommodate an influx of post-viral symptoms weeks, months, and even years after the pandemic is under control? Read more »
a young couple holding coffee cups sit together in the airport while wearing N95 masks

Ill Will: The Problem With Individualizing COVID Risk

by Rebecca Epstein-Levi
November 18, 2020 at 11:58am
Messaging that’s exclusively about individual risk management is neither accidental nor inevitable. Read more »
a pink and orange illustration shows a white woman and a Black woman looking across a field at each other and waving at each other

Love No Limit: The Delicate Art of Healing a Broken Friendship

by Josie Pickens
November 17, 2020 at 9:00am
Love is a verb and requires action—and that goes for our friendships too. Read more »
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Spiritual Currency: The Manifestation Grift Comes to Instagram

by Michelle Polizzi
November 16, 2020 at 11:29am
Manifestation influencers like to say that the only thing standing between a person and their dreams is mindset, but this principle only works for the select few who already hold the right cards. Read more »
a Black woman with short, black curly hair walks beside two other women at a Black Lives Matter protest with a megaphone up to her lips

Just Because the Election Is Over Doesn’t Mean the Work Is

by Evette Dionne
November 13, 2020 at 11:56am
If you’re not sure where to start, we’ve got some concrete tips for getting and remaining involved. Read more »
A person holds a phone with Twitter pulled up. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are on the Twitter feed. Over top, text reads, “even if it’s a lie.”

Very Online: Is “Owning the Libs” is More Important than Telling the Truth?

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 13, 2020 at 11:12am
Racist white politicians are learning that they don’t have to lie well. Read more »
Two white women hold each other’s wrists and look intensely at each other. One has dark hair in a bun and a hat on; the other has bright red hair and looks away.

Seeking Humanity: “Ratched” Is a Queer Show That Explores Power and Violence

by Leticia Urieta
November 11, 2020 at 2:48pm
Ratched isn’t just a lesbian love story. Read more »
a group of Black protestors, who are all wearing masks, hold their fists up together after voting in Louisville, Kentucky

Freedom Dreaming: Black Southerner Organizers Got Something to Say

by Clarissa Brooks
November 11, 2020 at 12:35pm
This country is honored to sit with the brilliance of Black political power. Read more »
Artist Meg Lionel Murphy stands in a junkyard surrounded by grass. She is white and has thick brown hair, and she wears a white t-shirt and a pink tulle skirt. She is covered in tattoos and holds artwork.

From the Junkyard: Meg Lionel Murphy Paints Through Trauma

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 10, 2020 at 1:39pm
I have had extreme, debilitating PTSD. I needed fantasy in order to survive Read more »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Keep America Great” Campaign Rally. Signs in the back read “Latinos for Trump.”

There’s No Such Thing as the “Latino Vote”

by Tina Vasquez
November 9, 2020 at 1:55pm
Latinos “flocked to the polls” in numbers that far exceeded what experts expected. Read more »

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