By Lia Hauser After criticizing his opponent at the first presidential debate on Tuesday September 29th for wearing “the largest mask you’ve ever seen,” President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19. Trump’s public appearances sans-mask have sparked controversy consistently throughout the pandemic that has overtaken life in the United States. Forbes has broken down a definitive timeline…
It is safe to say that this presidential election has been particularly stressful on all Americans. On top of the fact that we are living through a pandemic and literally everything about life has changed, the country is going through a very meaningful political metamorphosis. Although there have been many affirmations that former Vice President…
The world as we know it over the past two months has essentially come to a sort of standstill. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has not evolved past the initial death toll projections public health officials had previously estimated, it has raised a seemingly insurmountable cloud of uncertainty, paranoia, and grief over the United States….
By Ryan Wu In a few months, COVID-19 has effectively eliminated or stalled more than 20 million jobs created since the Great Recession. An oil crisis is playing out in the middle of one of the world’s most tumultuous economic times, and in an economy already beginning to show cracks in loan volume. Yet, the…
By Saifa Khan Essential worker—a phrase we’ve heard innumerable times in the past few weeks. As defined by the 2013 Essential Services Act, this is “an employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.” Amid this global pandemic, essential workers are quite literally risking their wellbeing for everyone…
By James Brischetta The hardest part of quarantine for me is being away from my friends and extended family. Luckily, we live in the age of technology, where their wonderful faces are mere clicks away. But Zoom calls and Facetimes can only run so long before they become tiresome. Over the past couple of weeks,…
By Jacqueline Blyudoy March and April 2020 are two months we will all remember for the rest of our lives. As the international death toll rose at alarming rates, national leaders across the globe closed their borders and ordered citizens to stay at home with no estimate of when this nightmare will be over. As…
By Gennady Vulakh While many of us were scared of getting our shots and blood tests as children (or remain scared as adults—no judgment here), some of us had no such fear and moved on to donating blood and saving lives. For decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the local government and organizations…
By Sumaita Hasan As New York City enters its fifth week in lockdown, many find themselves struggling to maintain jobs in the music industry. Students in particular, who were accustomed to playing live gigs or shows, are facing new challenges as social distancing continues. Ella Blicker, a junior at Hunter College, has turned to social…
By Ryan Wu For many Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic calls to mind the world-changing crisis of 9/11 or the 2008 financial crisis — events that have left a permanent mark on society, from how we travel, buy homes, and the rise of surveillance. This novel Coronavirus which has confined half of Americans to their homes…
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