Where I once felt like a big-eyed, light-footed nurse, I now navigate through signs, symptoms and exacerbations with a pleading disdain for those in my community to change their ways. Sadly, the damage is so deep that to protect my empathetic energies, I may just need to change my position on the health-care spectrum.
Since March 2020, rideshare driver Greg Pigott, a teacher by day, has done 1,733 rides—approximately 80% for African Americans, with 40% of them Black women, most who needed transportation to get to essential jobs. That percentage was rarely above 50% before the pandemic.
It is extremely disheartening when I read the comment section on social media any time COVID-19 is discussed. It hurts to see people who just
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal would offer a “tuition-free” pathway to post-secondary education to grocery store employees, delivery people and sanitation workers, as well as
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