For the ones that survive Covid-19, another gut punch awaits: Trump’s tax law. Paul Taylor wept…
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Food Deserts Are Their Own Pandemic Hot Spots
Amid horrifying Covid-19 racial disparities, America needs to expand access to healthy food. The line to…
Continue ReadingThe Class of 2020 Would Like to Have a Word
They began their freshman year just a few months before Trump was elected and are graduating…
Continue ReadingI’m Terrified That They’ll Have to Start Working Again
Not everyone can, or should, go back to work. The line at Trader Joe’s wrapped around the…
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Restoring the Economy Is the Last Thing We Should Want
What, specifically, can we do to engender an economic environment that makes Main Street more prosperous…
Continue ReadingThe Social Distancing Backlash Is Here
A growing array of people on the left and the right are questioning how policies meant…
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I’ve Been Applying for Unemployment for a Month and Can’t Get Through
Life in the Time of the Coronavirus is a GEN series where we are interviewing people…
Continue ReadingNo One Is Coming to Help the Undocumented Workers
I’m a New York City kid, with thick gold hoops and a nameplate necklace and bracelet,…
Continue ReadingWhat It’s Like to Watch Your Business Fail
The widespread crumbling of American small businesses in the year 2020 will ultimately be a second-…
Continue ReadingI Own a Piercing Shop and Have No Idea If My Business Will Survive
Starr Ellis, 33, is the owner of Nine Moons Piercing, a body piercing and fine jewelry…
Continue ReadingThe Next Generation Is Being Shaped by Crisis
A few months ago, I was talking to my husband about the 2020 election. I was…
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