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  • Food Deserts, COVID-19, and the Path Forward

    By. Elisa Teeter, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 (Image of a “fast food trading post” selling sodas, fries, and shakes in a desert with signs for a vegetable market, supermarket, and fruit stand pointing in the distance) The USDA defines “food deserts” as areas that meet both low-income and low-access…

  • Why Some Black Americans are Skeptical of the COVID-19 Vaccine

    By: Karly JungAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 Fannie Lou Hammer, a civil rights activist who experienced and spoke out against the medical mistreatment of Black people COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color.[1] Black, Hispanic, and Native American people are roughly three times more likely to…

  • Exposing Another Ignored Rift Within the System: Anti-Asian Hate

    By: Meghan PateroAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 On March 11, 2021, President Biden recognized the struggles the entire nation has grappled with because of COVID-19 by delivering his first prime time address of his presidency.[1] Appropriately, much focus was dedicated to the new COVID-19 relief package as one of the…

  • Letter from the Editors in Response to Increased Violence Against Asian Americans

    art by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (@alonglastname) provided for use in protest The China virus. Model minorities. The “Kung Flu.” When the COVID-19 pandemic began, so did the onslaught of racist messaging fueled by then-President Donald Trump. Many Americans were appalled at the apparent blaming of a pandemic on a…

  • From Tuskegee to Today: The Fraught History of Black Americans with the Medical Field, and the Contemporary Issues Faced Under the Coronavirus

    By Isha AbbasiAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 Ding. The familiar, and now haunting, sound of a CNN news notification pierced my expecting ears. I was used to getting one a day now. Sometimes a mundane story about who won The Voice, most times a horrific statistic about the rapid spread and…

  • Let’s Protect Size

    By Abigail HesterAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 Let me set a scene:             You’re a waitress. You’ve been in quarantine for months and are finally, finally, getting to return to work. You’re weary about COVID, but desperate to receive a consistent paycheck. During your quarantine, you’ve been one of the lucky…

  • Uneven Distribution Leads to Increased Disparate Impact

    By: Emma RosenAssociate Editor, Vol. 26            The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines created a visible light at the end of the long, dark tunnel that has been the past ten months.  This tunnel was even darker for those communities on which COVID-19 has had a disparate impact.  COVID-19…