With no manual on how to cover a pandemic, journalists are learning as they go, risking their safety...
Apr 30, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN NEW HAVEN, CT
A New Haven homeless shelter adapts to protect its most vulnerable
NEW HAVEN — Columbus House is typically bustling with activity, like staff doing laundry and cleaning shelter beds...
Apr 30, 2020
The chaplains caring for the caregivers on the front lines of COVID-19
At 5:30 each morning, Julie Bevers descends into the lobby of the New York City hotel that she...
Apr 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN PARADISE, CA
Life in Paradise: A deadly wildfire raged. Then the pandemic hit.
CHICO, Calif. — Business was finally picking up in Paradise, the Northern Californian town that was devastated 17...
Apr 24, 2020
Women in Muslim countries prepare for ‘least, most’ Ramadan
Three Muslim women — from Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine — reflect on how coronavirus hardships reinforce the true...
Apr 23, 2020
Indonesian Muslims brace for somber Ramadan amid pandemic restrictions
DEPOK, Indonesia (RNS) — During the fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this week, Muslims in this mostly...
Apr 22, 2020
Online activism keeps Earth Day alive during the pandemic
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — On April 22, 1970, Harvard graduate student Denis Hayes led the first Earth Day event...
Apr 22, 2020
Confronting the emotional toll of covering COVID-19
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. Email Address Being a witness to history...
Apr 16, 2020
One church’s tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart
LOS ANGELES — At the height of the influenza pandemic in 1918, the Rev. John Misao Yamazaki stopped...
Apr 15, 2020
The crisis in Italy’s hospitals hits home as south braces for impact
MILAN – The main gate of the hospital where my father works is usually crowded with patients’ relatives....
Apr 14, 2020
Building resilience during a crisis: COVID-19 advice from the head of Ford China
Editor’s Note: This piece is the third in a series on how Chinese businesses large and small have...
Apr 14, 2020