Within just the past couple of weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly transitioned into a Covid nightmare. While Americans continue to celebrate after successful vaccine distributions, devastated families in India mourn the countless loved ones taken from them by a ruthless virus. The devastated country’s second coronavirus wave is shattering world records, producing over 300,000…
Amid the turbulence of the past year, despite an overall decline in the number of hate crimes in the U.S, hate crimes against Asian Americans rose by almost 150 percent. On multiple separate occasions, elderly Asian American people were attacked on the street, including one brutal incident in New York where bystanders stood by and…
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything most of us have had to experience in our lifetimes. When the virus began to spread globally, it seemed like the world was shrinking, forcing us to feel the isolation and limitations on freedoms we have always known. Whether it was attending online Zoom classes or wearing face masks…
During a raging pandemic, which has affected millions around the world, what actions should a responsive, sympathetic government take to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19? Mandate mask-wearing and social distancing policies? Certainly. Provide a semblance of universal basic income for fired or furloughed workers? Now we’re getting somewhere. Ostracize an entire religious community unrelated…
In March of 2020, when the world was just beginning to realize the severity of the coronavirus situation, Priyanka Chopra drew raised eyebrows from many when she posted a video of herself on Instagram standing on a balcony and clapping for first responders. “People around the world have shown their appreciation for the doctors, nurses…
Today, May 26th, marks day 121 since the first coronavirus case was detected in California and day 69 of quarantine (CalMatters). Are you hanging in there? Maybe you are tired of isolation, struggling to find entertainment, overwhelmed by academic workload, lacking the motivation to workout, eager to travel when this is all over, picking up…