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Recovery in the time of COVID
Everyone is welcome. You can sit anywhere you’d like. The wooden chairs are arranged in a circle, so everyone can see one another. There...
Sean Riedel
May 1, 202116 min read
Finding flat Earth
COVID HOAX. Those were the words written in the parking lot of the Walmart in chalk. A man who matched the description of Patrick Burke...
Kate Pezzulli
Apr 29, 202115 min read
Virtual Learning: A process as tough as Stone
Just two weeks before the 2020 school year began, the ever-familiar Texas heat could be felt beating down around anything that dared to...
Peyton McCutchen
Apr 28, 20219 min read
On 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...
Brielle Thomas
Apr 28, 20218 min read
Keeping 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...
Megan Martinez
Apr 27, 20217 min read
Women 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...
Cydne Robinson
Apr 27, 202110 min read
Coronavirus: 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...
Rebecca Najera
Apr 27, 202116 min read
A distant farewell behind the wall
Taurino and Silvia rest in peace beneath a Californian pepper tree in San Diego. Three of their sons, their three daughters-in-law, and...
John Fernando Munoz M.
Apr 25, 20217 min read
As 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...
Marcus Sykes
Apr 24, 20215 min read
When the world stood still
Mom. Dad. Sister. Emma. Grace. Bethany. Kids. In my head, I repeat the list, inhaling slowly with one name, exhaling with the next. I...
Peyton McCutchen
Apr 19, 20215 min read
No easy feat: Managing ADHD in quarantine
It 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...
Brielle Thomas
Apr 18, 20216 min read
Derby funk never smelled so good
There’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...
Kate Pezzulli
Apr 18, 20215 min read
Self-care
I 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...
Maggie Toerner
Apr 18, 20215 min read
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...
Sarah Hayner
Apr 17, 20213 min read
In search of the elusive COVID vaccine
My 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...
Marcus Sykes
Apr 17, 20216 min read
Lulu and me: A dog's pandemic journey
She sits next to me on my left side—her usual spot—quietly licking, licking, licking. Her movements are deliberate and methodical. “Lulu,...
Megan Martinez
Apr 17, 20216 min read
Finding your own path
I 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...
Cydne Robinson
Apr 17, 20215 min read
Fleeing 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 ,...
John Fernando Munoz M.
Apr 17, 20216 min read
Legally 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...
Brianna Adams
Apr 16, 20219 min read
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