Entries by IPS

Essential Workers Risk their Lives and We Benefit. What Can We Do in Return?

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COVID-19 has made it clear that many of our cities have built their communities along the same racial and economic divide that has disadvantaged communities of color for centuries. And yet, these same communities of color house our essential workers. There live our grocers, truck drivers, custodians, meat packers, and other unsung heroes. They are […]

Has COVID-19 Evened the Playing Field?

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Most of us couldn’t predict the head spinning change that would come with the advent of COVID-19. We are living in unprecedented times where terms like “social distancing” and “stay-at-home orders” have become household terms across the nation. It would seem COVID-19 has placed us all on the same playing field. For the first time […]