College Admission Testing During Covid-19

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While high-stakes testing has increased over the past years, the test optional movement has been growing. Due to the global pandemic, college admissions tests have had to cancel proctored tests until June. This puts those, such as current high school juniors, at a disadvantage as this is the time that they are studying and taking … Read more

Racial Profiling of Black Men in Masks

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The Washington Post recently published an article about how two black men wearing masks were followed throughout the store by a police officer at a Walmart in Wood River, Illinois. The article includes a link to the YouTube video in which the two men are seen walking throughout the store as a police officer follows … Read more

Ground-Up Organizing of Covid-19 Control: The Approach of Partners in Health

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Partners in Health is an organization that brings health care and sustainable health infrastructure to disadvantaged communities around the globe. Now, it is turning its focus not just outward, but also inward. PiH is suggesting how we can help organize our communities to stop Covid-19.

Olson, “Telemedicine, Once a Hard Sell, Can’t Keep Up With Demand,” The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2020.

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As a result of the pandemic, there has been a recent surge of interest in telemedicine, the practice of conducting doctor’s appointments over the phone or via a video meeting platform. This article speaks of this sharp increase, especially as patients are unable to have in-person consultations and as Donald Trump announced efforts to expand … Read more

Chicago’s Rush Medical Center – Prepared for a Pandemic

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Employees at the Rush University Medical Center say that they are prepared in order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The building in which they work in, was a $654 million dollar project began soon after the 9/11 attacks, opened in 2012 and is outfitted to handle large influxes of pateints in a short window … Read more

Rikers Island prison has more than 7x the infection rate as NYC

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https://www.newsweek.com/rikers-island-covid-19-new-york-city-1496872 Rikers Island now has a confirmed infection rate of 6.6% which is over seven times that of NYC and nine times that of New York State. Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have begun releasing inmates slowly; however, many call the release rate insufficient and unjust as many inmates, over 100, are particularly susceptible … Read more