Justine van der LeunI Work In A Meat Processing Plant. Ordering Us to Stay Open Puts Profit Over Lives.A worker at a Tyson beef plant says the president’s executive order is putting her in dangerApr 30, 202015Apr 30, 202015
Amanda SakumaMy Rich Boss Wanted to Pay Me Off the Books. Now I Can’t Get Unemployment.Some wealthy New York families escaped the city to ride out the pandemic in the Hamptons, leaving childcare workers out of a job and with…Apr 23, 202019Apr 23, 202019
Gabriel ThompsonI’m Being Held at a Border Detention Center. I’m Scared They’ll Let Us Die.The virus spread quickly in San Diego’s Otay Mesa Detention Center. Detainees were given one mask and cleaning spray.Apr 22, 20204Apr 22, 20204
Justine van der LeunI Served 22 Years in Prison and Was Just Released Into a PandemicVanessa Santiago departed as the virus began to spread through the prison. The outside world had changed in ways she was unprepared for.Apr 21, 202027Apr 21, 202027
Garance Franke-RutaNew York Won’t Return to Normal Anytime SoonNew York City Council member Mark D. Levine wants to prepare the public for a new way of lifeApr 20, 202023Apr 20, 202023
Jennifer AndersonI’m Stuck in Isolation With the Man Who’s Divorcing MeA 46-year-old woman is self-quarantining with her husband one month after he asked for a divorceApr 6, 202010Apr 6, 202010
Michelle LegroI Own a Small Business. Trying to Get a Government Loan Is Its Own Crisis.Applying for a payroll protection loan was stressful, confusing, and poorly-timed. Then the government ran out of money.Apr 17, 202010Apr 17, 202010
Andrea González-RamírezI’ve Been Applying for Unemployment for a Month and Can’t Get ThroughKathleen Mills has been navigating Florida’s unemployment bureaucracy since March 19. She’s still on hold.Apr 16, 20203Apr 16, 20203
Garance Franke-RutaI Had the Coronavirus, but I Never Got a FeverThis twentysomething health care worker got sick without the one key symptom everyone says to look forApr 9, 202028Apr 9, 202028
Michelle LegroI’m a Funeral Director. The Coronavirus Has Changed Everything.The way New York City buries its dead is different now, regardless of whether people were killed by the diseaseApr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
