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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.

Outgoing President Trump waves to supporters lined along on the route to his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 20, 2021, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

We Did Not “Lose” Loved Ones and Normal Life to COVID. They Were Stolen.

Shipments of vaccine are spoiling because Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” distribution process was smoke and mirrors.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
February 1, 2021
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Prisoners and COVID-19 behind barbed wire
News
Prisons & Policing

New Surge of COVID Is Spreading “Like Wildfire” in Illinois Prisons

Despite the introduction of mass testing, people in Illinois prisons and jails are still contracting COVID-19.
by
Brian Dolinar,
Truthout
January 30, 2021
Truthout
Tenants display a banner reading "HERE TO STAY" during a protest
News
Human Rights

As an Eviction Crisis Looms, Tenant Organizing Explodes Across the Country

Tenants are organizing to hold widescale coordinated direct actions like rent strikes to avert the looming crisis.
by
Laura Jedeed &
Shane Burley,
Truthout
January 25, 2021
Truthout
A child’s sign hangs on a school fence during a Day of Solidarity for Antiracist Schools in Madison, Wisconsin.
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

Fixating on Pandemic “Learning Loss” Undermines the Need to Transform Education

Systemic change requires that students, families and teachers collectively serve as designers of education.
by
Maxine McKinney de Royston &
Shirin Vossoughi,
Truthout
January 18, 2021
Truthout
A UN employee, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is seen in Gaza City on November 10, 2020.
Op-Ed
Human Rights

Palestine Refugees Are Forced to the Back of the COVID Vaccine Line

Conditions in Palestine are an argument for prioritizing refugees for the COVID vaccine, not leaving them behind.
by
Medhini Kumar,
Truthout
January 18, 2021
Truthout
Advocates for the homeless and front line healthcare workers stage a socially distanced protest aimed at speeding up what they say is the city's slow approach to managing COVID-19 in shelters. in Toronto. April 15, 2020.
News Analysis
Human Rights

Homeless Encampment Evictions Highlight the Cruelty of Capitalism Amid COVID

Homeless people are in an impossible position: They’re deprived of housing but barred from sleeping in public space.
by
Azeezah Kanji,
Truthout
January 15, 2021
Truthout
Only 1 percent of the planet’s fresh water is easily accessible to humans, and supplies have become increasingly strained due to population growth, agricultural and industrial pollution and climate change.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

COVID Has Underscored the Need for Safe Drinking Water. But Not Everyone Has It.

COVID can’t be transmitted through drinking water, but that doesn’t mean your tap water is safe.
by
Lorraine Chow,
Truthout
January 10, 2021
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Day laborers and supporters hold a car protest in front of Pasadena City Hall to call on elected officials to support essential workers on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Op-Ed
Immigration

Vaccine Distribution Must Protect Immigrant Workers Who Lack Lawful Work Status

These workers should receive the vaccine that may save their lives without fear of deportation.
by
Keisha Williams,
Truthout
January 9, 2021
Truthout
Sonia Alvarez-Zayas, center, is comforted by nephew Alexis Alvarez, 23, while daughter Izzy Ochoa, far left, asks Trojan Capital Investment to not evict them from their house at a press conference held on December 23, 2020, in Inglewood, California.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

The COVID-19 Pandemic Shows the Dangers of For-Profit Housing

Rents may have decreased for some in major cities, but the massive eviction crisis shows the true nature of the market.
by
Jacob Woocher,
Truthout
January 8, 2021
Truthout
East Oakland Burrito Roll focuses its efforts on providing food to unsheltered communities in East Oakland, California, which, along with the entire Bay Area, has seen a sharp increase in homelessness in the last few years.
News
Human Rights

As Stimulus Falls Short, Mutual Aid Organizers Work to Meet People’s Needs

A broad movement of grassroots organizations are tending to their community’s well-being as COVID-19 surges nationwide.
by
Robert R. Raymond,
Truthout
January 2, 2021
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