Even those on the front lines aren’t immune to the financial casualties of COVID-19. Dozens of healthcare workers at an emergency room in southeast Tennessee receive devastating cuts to their salaries—but the real cost could be the lives of their patients. When 26-year-old Carl Montgomery comes home from work, he immediately strips down, showers, and…
The dogs bark loudly at the sound of a key turning in the front door lock. When Davis enters through the door, Monkey jumps and spins in circles in uncontainable excitement. It seems to me that the arrival of my brother is a surprise for the dog, despite the fact that he is the only…
During the early outbreak of the pandemic in the United States, David Hobbie received two false negative results for COVID-19 tests, showing the lack of preparedness of the country for what would become its most important health crisis in decades. On March 11 de 2020, before a stay-at-home advisory was in effect in Massachusetts, David…
AN IMMERSIVE LOOK AT THE LIVES CONVERGING ON AN ACRE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN OXNARD. Every month in this county, hundreds of people over 60 open their doors or cars’ trunks to a box of food, and often there is a flower on top. These gifts are dahlias. It’s thanks to the head of the…
In March of 2020, Lehigh University announced that they would be going remote for the remainder of the semester in response to COVID-19. The student publication, which has reported since 1894 continued to publish remotely without missing a beat. Jake Epstein felt the freshness and renewal of a ski day in The Rocky Mountains as…
As told on his own words, this is the story of Jamir Mallory, a student from Ursinus College who overcame all sorts of personal challenges and benefitted from the support provided by others to pursue a career in education. Now he’s the one who can support and be a positive influence on others. BORN AND…
To fight our invisible enemy, the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of people have a simple role: stay at home in order to prevent spreading the virus; however, hospital workers risk their lives to diagnose and treat the infected. Amongst them is Stephanie Busselberg, an X-ray and CT tech at IU Health Saxony, a branch of…
Amidst the increasingly threatening Coronavirus pandemic, schools were canceled, leaving 2020 Seniors to mourn their last year of High School. March 10, 2020 “I wake up to the incessant buzzing of my phone on the nightstand at 8:00 A.M. I’d sleep the day away if I could, but my duties as senior class president don’t…
Denver East High School, located in the heart of the Capital of Colorado, has 2,555 students, many of whom are learning Spanish as a second language thanks to Jennifer Wetzig. Though she is young, she has already mastered the art of engaging students and making her class impactful for all. She has taught Spanish at…
“Zoe, you have to see this video. Look. Look!” I just entered our dorm room, and Ryley is already holding her phone in front of my face, laughing so hard it seems to be hurting her. She always laughs like this, with her eyes squeezed shut and the sound explosive. I could hear her from…
