A tale of two New Yorks: pandemic lays bare a city’s shocking inequities
The coronavirus has laid bare two societies divided on lines of class and race – a divide reflected in skewed death figures When Sean Petty walked into the emergency room…
Coronavirus pandemic: Security Council warned of violent conflict
Millions of jobs have been lost and extremists and authoritarian regimes are taking advantage of instability, said Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The United Nations Security Council was warned that the…
The Coronavirus Death Count Will Be a New Battle in the Culture Wars
As parts of the United States settle in for what may be the worst weeks of their local covid-19 outbreaks, a familiar refrain is sure to emerge. Some people will…
German exhibit on Black Death goes viral, then virtual; shows Jews were blamed
After the COVID-19 outbreak, a museum suddenly finds itself in the spotlight as its now-online display on the religious and medical reactions to medieval plagues spikes in demand. BERLIN —…
White Supremacist Groups Are Recruiting With Help From Coronavirus – and a Popular Messaging App
On March 24, Timothy Wilson, 36, was shot and killed by the FBI as he prepared to attack a hospital in the Kansas City area where patients with the coronavirus…
Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States
Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places. The…
Bubby Locked Her Memories Away. One Passover Released Them.
JERUSALEM — By the time I married into the family, Bubby Bella’s reticence was pronounced. A survivor of Nazi genocide, Bubby had resolutely overcome it, posturing under large-brimmed hats while…
‘That Is What We Do’: The Power of Passover and Tradition Across Generations
Jewish families on Wednesday will again recount the 10 plagues from the Book of Exodus. Only this year will be a little different. Religious ritual holds power not only because…
A Billion People Live in Slums. Can They Survive the Virus?
The most important factor in enabling the spread of pandemics in slums is the neglect of these marginalized populations by governing elites. Although the Covid-19 pandemic was spread around the…
The Pandemic’s Missing Data
On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, acknowledged at a news conference that he expects black people will continue to die of the coronavirus at…
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