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Colleges Are Hiring Influencers to Make Mask-Wearing a Trend
And many students aren’t buying these “performative” safety measures. In July, University of Missouri freshman Caleb Poorman…
Continue Reading2020 Has Been Bad. But Things Are Going to Get Worse
It’s common to see and hear people expressing the naive hope that, when 2020 ends, there…
Continue ReadingDrinking in Pods, ‘Social Snitching,’ and More Covid Freshman Experiences
How do you make friends in your first weeks at college when you don’t know who…
Continue ReadingTrump’s Contempt for the Sick and Disabled Is Written All Over His Covid Response
The president’s disgust for anyone he deems weak is key to understanding his handling of the…
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The Students Behind That ‘Clusterfuck’ Headline Want You to Focus on Literally Anything Else
GEN: So tell me about your decision to run with the clusterfuck headline and everything that…
Continue ReadingAmerica Doesn’t Care About Mothers
I finally understand that help is not coming. I spent the first six months of the pandemic…
Continue ReadingThe Pandemic Isn’t Forcing Moms Out of the Workforce
Let’s be crystal clear about why working mothers are suffering. On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a…
Continue Reading6 Jobless Workers. 6 Different Salary Levels
I was working on a new nine-and-a-half-year partnership with the Olympics. This was literally my dream…
Continue ReadingThis Texas Nurse Called Out Her Senator for Blowing off Frontline Workers
GEN: You were hospitalized with what you believe was Covid before launching Help the Heroes. How…
Continue ReadingCoffee Shops Are On the Brink Of Losing Their Place In American Culture
For decades, scholars and writers have obsessed over this notion of the “third place,” a sociological…
Continue ReadingI’m Training as a New Doctor in the Shadow of a Pandemic
My generation of new physicians is entering the field at a historic moment. Covid will likely…
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