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Our Plague Year
March 11, 2021
Melody Schreiber
What Will Life in America Be Like in 2022?
Vaccine distribution is accelerating in the U.S. There are still several ways we could screw this up.
March 9, 2021
Eleanor Cummins
Enduring Lessons for Humanity After a Year of Birding, Hiking, Gardening, and Just Sitting Under Trees
Covid-19 pushed many outdoors. Will they use their newfound environmental awareness for good?
March 8, 2021
Rachel M. Cohen
Inside a Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools
Teachers unions were accused of being obstinate and compromising education. The real story is a lot more complex.
March 5, 2021
Ann Larson
My Pandemic Year Behind the Checkout Counter
On working amid paranoid customers, hungry shoplifters, sick co-workers, and people who just need a bathroom
March 3, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Rip Up the Unemployment System and Start Again
A year of mass unemployment has revealed the failures of a cruelly designed, state-run system. We can build something better.
March 1, 2021
Clio Chang
Either We Break Our Pandemic Debts or Our Pandemic Debts Break Us
If millions had no hope of paying their bills before the pandemic, and millions more can’t pay now, what’s left to do but say no?
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