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Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19

Since COVID-19 hit the United States, it’s been at the top of every news outlet’s headlines. However, the disparate impact and deep injustices that the crisis has wrought often go unmentioned. So do the underlying oppressive systems that allowed the pandemic to reach the magnitude that it has. Truthout is taking on these injustices with a broad-ranging series, “Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19,” which addresses how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice. Through investigative reporting and dynamic analysis, we’ll paint a real picture of this pandemic’s implications — and sketch a bold new image of what a post-pandemic world could look like. In this series, journalists, activists, organizers and thinkers, many of whom have been brutally impacted by the crisis themselves, will share stories and insights that point the way toward a transformed future.

A child being treated for respiratory issues due to COVID-19 in the ICU
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist

The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
May 21, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million

The idea of obeying science when it might cost multibillion-dollar corporations their market share was heresy.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
May 16, 2022
Truthout
News
Human Rights

Evictions Are Climbing to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Cities Across the US

Data suggest more than a third of households nationwide worry about facing eviction in the next two months.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
April 29, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

No, Fauci, a Pandemic Can’t End in One Country Only. You Taught Me That.

Borders are fictional. One country can’t transition out of a pandemic while others remain mired in it.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
April 27, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Senate Agreed to $10 Billion COVID Package, With No Money for Global Response

The U.S.’s disengagement with the international COVID response efforts is a saga of failure and abandonment.
by
Sasha Abramsky,
Truthout
April 21, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The BA.2 Subvariant Is Now Dominant, and Weary as We Are, We Can’t Dismiss It

Rising COVID numbers are still cause for concern. We must not ignore the most vulnerable people among us.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
April 11, 2022
Truthout
News
Environment & Health

A Majority of Adults Still Support Masking in Public to Prevent COVID Surges

Most Black, Latinx and working-class adults support masking. Most Republicans say people should stop wearing masks.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
April 7, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The Pandemic Isn’t Over Yet, But Congress Is Willing to Gamble That It Is

The U.S. isn’t prepared to deal with future COVID variants, an entirely different pandemic, or even the current spread.
by
John Knefel,
Truthout
March 27, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Our Governments Have Chosen Capitalism Over Preparing for Next COVID Surge

In refusing to prioritize preparation for the next COVID surge, our leaders are sacrificing the most vulnerable.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 25, 2022
Truthout
Op-Ed
Human Rights

Disability Doesn’t Make Us Less Worthy of Life. COVID Policy Assumes It Does.

As we hope for a world a little less dominated by COVID, we must recognize that risk will not be the same for everyone.
by
Elliot Kukla,
Truthout
March 23, 2022
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