Can Virtual Therapy Replace the Real Thing?
Frozen screens, echoing voices, Zoom fatigue: the new challenges facing compassionate care
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The Pandemic Is Intensifying the Opioid Crisis
Public health measures meant to contain COVID-19 have caused a spike in overdose-related deaths
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The Kids Are Mad as Hell
Climate change is stealing their future. But their activism gives me hope
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Black Communities Have Known about Mutual Aid All Along
In the pandemic, “caremongering” has become a new term for an old—and joyous—practice
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Fat Shaming Shouldn’t Be Part of Our “New Normal”
Even in a pandemic, our culture is obsessed with controlling our bodies
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Lockdown Let the Earth Breathe. What Do We Do Next?
COVID-19 could be a turning point in climate activism—but only if we play it right
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Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists
Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back
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My Other Mother
My nanny helped raise me. Now it’s time for me to get to know her children
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