Sean RiedelMay 1, 202116 minRecovery in the time of COVIDEveryone is welcome. You can sit anywhere you’d like. The wooden chairs are arranged in a circle, so everyone can see one another. There...
Kate PezzulliApr 29, 202115 minFinding flat EarthCOVID HOAX. Those were the words written in the parking lot of the Walmart in chalk. A man who matched the description of Patrick Burke...
Peyton McCutchenApr 28, 20219 minVirtual Learning: A process as tough as StoneJust two weeks before the 2020 school year began, the ever-familiar Texas heat could be felt beating down around anything that dared to...
Brielle ThomasApr 28, 20218 minOn being a journalist during the pandemic: A survival story It was a Sunday evening in May when Kyle Martin’s phone rang. He looked to see who it was — it was his boss. “That’s strange,” he thought...
Megan MartinezApr 27, 20217 minKeeping the doors open: A private-school principal confronts the pandemic Ana Silva sits in her office—the principal’s office—at St. Pius X School in El Paso, Texas. Artwork hangs on the white walls in the small...
Cydne RobinsonApr 27, 202110 minWomen at war with COVID: A tale of three health care workers "9-1-1 operator. What’s your emergency?” “Don’t hang up, help is on the way!” The ambulance swerves past traffic, its lights blind, its...
Rebecca NajeraApr 27, 202116 minCoronavirus: From the crib to the club The lights are low while Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” echoes throughout both floors of Dallas’ newest Spearmint Rhino club, which has only...
John Fernando Munoz M.Apr 25, 20217 minA distant farewell behind the wallTaurino and Silvia rest in peace beneath a Californian pepper tree in San Diego. Three of their sons, their three daughters-in-law, and...
Marcus SykesApr 24, 20215 minAs COVID ravages the local music scene, one couple struggles to keep playing Little did a three-year-old girl whose voice hit harmonic notes like few others and a seven-year-old boy performing in his first piano...
Peyton McCutchenApr 19, 20215 minWhen the world stood stillMom. Dad. Sister. Emma. Grace. Bethany. Kids. In my head, I repeat the list, inhaling slowly with one name, exhaling with the next. I...
Brielle ThomasApr 18, 20216 minNo easy feat: Managing ADHD in quarantineIt was a Tuesday morning in April. I was enveloped in my bed sheets like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I had been staring at the ceiling for...
Kate PezzulliApr 18, 20215 minDerby funk never smelled so goodThere’s nothing like the smell of roller derby. The “derby funk” we call it. It permeates your skin at the knees, elbows, and wrists and...
Maggie ToernerApr 18, 20215 minSelf-careI turn the bathtub faucet to hot and plug the drain. The ritual begins. I light my three candles, each occupying a corner of the tub. One...
Sarah HaynerApr 17, 20213 min Out of paper, out of stock A line of 20 or so people stand outside the grocery store in Stephenville, Texas as I walk up to the front door. All eyes are watching...
Marcus SykesApr 17, 20216 minIn search of the elusive COVID vaccineMy phone rings. I forgot to put it on silent while I was studying. I pick up. “Hello,” I answer. It’s my mother. “I just wanted to call...
Megan MartinezApr 17, 20216 minLulu and me: A dog's pandemic journeyShe sits next to me on my left side—her usual spot—quietly licking, licking, licking. Her movements are deliberate and methodical. “Lulu,...
Cydne RobinsonApr 17, 20215 minFinding your own pathI lie in an empty room. I match the ceiling fan movements, twisting and turning in bed. My body won’t let me sleep. In just a few short...
John Fernando Munoz M.Apr 17, 20216 minFleeing the virus: An immigrant's tale"No sir, you cannot board the plane!" The voice of the Korean Airlines manager at Beijing International Airport sounded firm ,...
Brianna AdamsApr 16, 20219 minLegally uncertain: Applying to law school during the pandemic There are five minutes left on the timer. I shut off my meditation playlist on Pandora, set the thermostat to a comfortable 68 degrees...