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  2020-06-02

  Remember Covid

  A comic strip about Covid-19
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  2020-06-02

  Mayhem at Fordham Road

  A video of the riots that took place in Fordham Road during summer of 2020.
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  2020-06-02

  Sign of the times

  I would say I share the same feeling as most, in that being stuck inside has forced me to venture outside more than ever. Hiking, running, kayaking, sitting in nature has become the one place of solace in this crazy, scary world. As mask mandates began to be put in place I began noticing so many people with their noses sticking out of their masks. I can not understand what possible line of logic they were operating on but what is the point of wearing a face mask if it does not cover your face. One day I was on a hike and I noticed this sticker stuck to a trail marker, I could not help to think that it is simply the best sticker I have ever seen.
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  2020-06-02

  Organized clean up efforts on Fordham Road

  Destiny Ramos and Amin Razzaque organized a clean-up effort on E. Fordham Road after a night of looting and destruction. It's pictured on Tuesday, June 2, in the Bronx. (Esha Ray/New York Daily News)
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  2020-06-02

  Store owner stares at aftermath of looting

  A store owner stares at the wreckage the looters caused in her store as she cleans up.
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  2020-06-02

  Locals participate in cleaning up their neighborhood after the lootings of June 2nd.

  Locals participate in cleaning up their neighborhood after the lootings of June 2nd.
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  2020-06-02

  Fordham students helping in the clean up efforts

  Students from Fordham University participate in the community clean up efforts of Fordham Road after the looting.
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  2020-06-02

  Inside of ACELO footwear after the looting

  The inside of Bronx Footwear vendor ACELO footwear after it was trashed by looters
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  2020-06-02

  Aftermath of the looting of Good Life Pharmacy in The Bronx

  Aerial shot portraying the aftermath of the looting of Good Life Pharmacy in The Bronx
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  2020-06-02

  Morning after the looting of Fordham Road

  Images of the state of Fordham Road the morning after it was looted following the start of the protests.
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  2020-06-02

  Volunteers help clean up store fronts on east fordham road.

  A group of volunteers participated in cleaning up the aftermath of the looting the morning after Fordham road was ransacked. It was a community effort that took the better part of a day but was ultimately succesful.
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  2020-06-02

  Spray Paint on the wood boarding up stores on Fordham Road

  The Spray paint on the boarding wood exemplifies the movement behind the June Protests and shows the creativity of protesters using a canvas created to supposedly protect the store from the looters hidden among the protestors.
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  2020-06-02

  Co Workers pose cleaning up their smashed up storefront on East Fordham Road

  Two co-workers pose while sweeping the broken glass that is scattered all around their store after the looting of several stores along Fordham Road as an unfortunate side effect of the George Floyd Civil Rights protests.
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  2020-06-02

  Wethersfieldblm instagram page

  This item was important because this instagram was used to organize the Black Lives Matter march that took place on June 5th in Wethersfield. The account also created the “Grievances From the Members of Our Community” list. I think this item is important because this entire instagram, these documents, and most importantly, the protest/march were created by people I used to know back in high school and even before then. This shows that our/my generation is far more involved in activism than most other generations have, as you see and hear a lot more younger people have been taking part in these protests, and being more vocal on social media. This instagram is also a good public digital history project as it allowed members of the community to share their own stories and experiences.
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  2020-06-02

  “Justice for George Floyd” sign in front of Historical Building

  This is a sign that was put at the door of a historical building in Old Wethersfield, shortly following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The killing of George Flyod, more specifically, the recording, are what caused the widespread Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. To me, this image is important for the archive because it shows the significance of this event in 2020, because it shook the world, not even just the US, and that support for the movement and support for justice is being called for from ~1.3k miles away. The video was spread over social media, which allowed for it to reach that level of audience that it was exposed to.
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  2020-06-02

  "Why Wearing a Mask is Important When Going to a Protest"

  This photo shows a masked man standing above a gathering of people and has his left hand raised.
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  2020-06-02

  Farmers Market returns to Stevensville

  This article offers an insight into a small Ontario town and how their farmers market dealt with the COVID-19 restrictions.
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  2020-06-02

  "COVID-19 Safety Tips"

  This post directly ties COVID to protests, sharing various ways to be conscious and safe while protesting.
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  2020-06-02

  "What to do After the Protest"

  This Instagram post explains the proper safety steps to take after protesting.
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  2020-06-02

  Post Covid-era Graduation Seflie

  I liked this photo because it reminded me of my sister and her friends taking pictures after their graduations with their masks and diplomas like the girl depicted here is.
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  2020-06-02

  Blackout Tuesday

  HIST30060 Despite the global pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement saw a resurgence after the murder of American George Floyd in May of this year. Protests were sparked all over the world, pushing for the action to end the systematic racism experienced by people of colour (POC) and indigenous people all around the globe. I took this screen recording on my phone when, on June 2nd of this year, people all over the world participated in what was called ‘Blackout Tuesday’, where they would post black squares to their instagram account in an effort to project the voices of those who experience the systematic racism. I follow many celebrities on instagram, which you can see in this video many participated in the movement. However, the effort was quickly criticised, as the masses of posts featuring the black square began to dominate the Black Lives Matter (BLM) hashtag on all social media, an important tool that had been used by many to organise and publicise protests all over the world. Instead of the intended goal of projecting black voices over their white counterparts, the black squares instead silenced the important information that was being spread through the hashtag, doing the opposite of the intended effect.
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  2020-06-02

  Racism Caught on Cell Phone

  This cartoon drawn by Michael de Adder was posted on Twitter in response to the murder of George Floyd being caught on cell phone camera. It highlights the racism that is seen by the majority of the public versus what minorities experience in their everyday lives.
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  2020-06-02

  COVOD19

  This is a video I recorded from my balcony across the street from UNLV’s campus. This media is pretty significant to me. My 7 year old sister was in town and we were in the peak of quarantine. Majority of the city was still closed and riots had just begun. My sister being oblivious to everything going on the only thing she understood is we can’t go outside. One night we were sitting in my living room and my sister goes out on the balcony. She calls me out there and all I hear is loud chants down Maryland parkway and the street I resided on. Nothing violent was happening just a ton of people chanting. All of a sudden a brigade of police officers comes racing down our street and streets surrounding to box in this crowd of people. Big trucks with armed and guarded men screeching for people to “back up!” My sister kept asking why the police were here and who was in trouble. I didn’t really know how to answer because “ I don’t know” and “no ones in trouble” wouldn’t really explain what was going on. That was the truth though. Nothing had happened. A group of people were peacefully exercising their American rights and getting in trouble for it. I didn’t know why the police had arrived. No trouble had been caused. It seemed like everyone was in trouble but I wasn’t sure why and I definitely didn’t know how to break that down to a kid. Once I pulled my phone out to record she seem to draw her own conclusion from the situation. She ran up to my boyfriend and said “the police are outside being mean to people.” I knew then if my incredibly sheltered 7 year old sister could watch a scenario unfold and draw that conclusion without any media persuasion or even family persuasion that the adults who say otherwise blatantly choose to ignore.. and say otherwise.
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  2020-06-02

  The Mask Wars

  This article discusses the mixed ideas surrounding the wearing of masks. Some people see it as a show of “scientific authority” and respect for the safety of others, but another portion of the public thinks it is a sign of weakness, submission, and cowardice. Masks in America are an extremely political point of conflict. And although the majority of people protesting against the killing of George Floyd wore masks to protect their community from transmission of the virus, the rest of the nation is still in turmoil over the issue. I have experienced my own difficulty with this as well; we have had to avoid unmasked neighbors several times, and when relatives come, we have to be the enforcers of distancing when they visit and remain outside. Mask wearing should not be politicized; it should just be something everyone wears with the safety and health of themselves and others in mind.
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  2020-06-02

  Picking up the pieces

  The coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement are two of the most important things in the US right now. This photo represents both of those things and it's important to me because I'm a young black kid who wants to live safely in a community where I feel comfortable. I, just like many others, have learned a lot about the history of injustice in America towards black people.
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  2020-06-02

  Protests amid a Pandemic

  When George Floyd was murdered, the country erupted in a way I had never experienced in my life before. I thought I had seen chaos with the multitude of protests that followed the US 2016 election, but I was wrong. People who had always claimed to not be "political" were posting, sharing stories, and there was outrage. In the first week, in Ohio, we were met with violence. Being immunocompromised, and fearful, I stayed behind when I was in Columbus. Some of my good friends got arrested downtown. Others got maced, shot at with wooden bullets with a rubber coating, and went to the hospital in an already stressful situation. When I moved back to Cincinnati, I was no longer living with 4 roommates, and I decided if I wore a mask, and brought hand sanitizer and disinfectant, and did my best to stay 6 feet apart from everybody, I needed to get out there. The protests I attended over the next two months included vigils, organizers meetings, community panels, and celebrations of Black lives. My parents were unhappy with my decision, due to the news coverage, and several people I know getting arrested. However, this was too important. Growing up, I heard the names Trayvon Martin, Eric Gray, Tamir Rice, Sam Dubose, Sandra Bland, and many more. This was the straw that had broken the camel's back. The pandemic had meant many were furloughed, and out of work, leaving more time to read the news, watch the news, and research issues. Many were angry at how the pandemic disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities, and for this blatant, act of police brutality to be filmed and shared across the world, it was too much. In Cincinnati, over 300 people showed up to hastily planned protests, and some of the more organized and advertised ended up with well over 7,000 people. The protests themselves were nothing like what I had seen on the news. Every 10-15 minutes, a fellow protestor would offer everyone cold water, snacks, hand sanitizer, and masks to anyone who did not have one. There were always medics with a first aid kit ready for the people who overheated, twisted an ankle, or got maced. I learned the ratio of baking soda to water that many carried if people were to be pepper-sprayed again. It was a community of people who cared about each other, took care of each other, and want the world to be better. I want that story to be told, because it never hit the media. The compassion I witnessed every single day. The groups of people meeting up every night, individuals carrying someone who was having an asthma attack to a shady area and giving them cold water, a ring of people around a young girl who stepped on a piece of glass that pierced through her shoe into her foot. Immediately, there were bandaids, water, alcohol wipes, and help to be given. The medics tent, offering granola bars, fruit, and snacks if anyone gets hungry. Food not Bombs catering many events, giving full meals to anyone who needed one. The care packs we had made for the friends who had been arrested, the community resource pages which allowed people to express needs and them being taken care of, from needing cat food to needing to pay rent. The resource guides, the calls and letters and emails to public officials. Although this is a weird time, strangely it was one where I had felt the strongest sense of community, in my 21 years of living.
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  2020-06-02

  Hope Turns to Disappointment: Starkey Reopens...Then Closes Again

  As spring gave way to summer in 2020, Starkey gradually opened its day programs for its persons-served in phases, so as to ensure their safety as much as possible. These emails dated June 2 to July 14, 2020, offer a look into a seemingly steady and successful reopening process, while illustrating the patchwork nature of Kansas's reopening, and how individual entities charted their own course while following the state's suggested guidelines. Perhaps most tellingly, the final email conveys the sudden pullback brought about by the virus's continued surge, when the day programs closed yet again due to rapidly rising COVID-19 cases in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Taken together, these items give substance to a quickly deteriorating situation that came to characterize the COVID-19 experience in Sedgwick County during the COVID summer of 2020.
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  2020-06-02

  Unlocking Museums: Moving Forward in a Crisis

  Panel hosted by the Boston Globe on how museums may change and grow in response to the CoVid-19 pandemic. The panel includes the directors of the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, the Museum of Fine Art, and the MIT List Visual Arts Center. This video panel offers an reflection on how museums in Boston began to think about their reopening, and what policies they had in place over a month before some officially reopened their doors.
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  2020-06-02

  The shift to GCQ: when the breaks were off and we were left on the road

  When Cebu City was downgraded to GCQ from ECQ on June 1, 2020, most businesses required their workers to report back to work. In this article, I share my personal experience on how difficult it was for a commuter like me to wade through the challenges of the lack of public transportation during a pandemic.
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  2020-06-02

  "sharing a COVID-19 Update."

  "Due to concerns voiced about the Covid-19 (Corona Virus) at the PowWow Meeting held June 1st, 2020, the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma has made the decision to postpone the 46th Annual PowWow at this time."
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  2020-06-02

  Para sa bayan [For the country]

  My girlfriend (Krizia Rodriguez) volunteered as an encoder in the Philippine Arena mega-swabbing center in spite of the risks and having no hazard pay. She was well aware of all the things but still pursued to be part of the team and for this, I am truly proud of her and I believe her story should be shared too.
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  2020-06-02

  Solano County Sheriffs Department mandates lock-down over protests

  My county was given stay-at-home orders as peaceful day-time protesting was infiltrated by looters and violence at night. I listened to the police scanner as reports of our stores being looted and burned down came in. Several stores including Walmart, CVS, Best Buy, BevMo and MiMi's Cafe were damaged and looted. There were not enough police to cover the unrest. Once the looters moved to another building the police had to abandon the newly secured building, leaving it again open for looting. The unrest lasted until sunrise. I got no sleep that night. We were worried the looting would find its way into residential streets. The next day the national guard came in. My town is no longer small. We have become one of the most affordable cities to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and we have grown so fast, but the small town feeling still lingers in its older residents like me. We have never had the National Guard here. The next morning my family packed our car up with cleaning supplies and drove to Old Town to see if there was anything we could help clean up. Luckily only larger businesses were targeted. People were so angered by the looting and were very vocal about it. I was afraid that night but I understand the looting. The looters were not there because of the George Floyd, they were there because of opportunity and generational poverty. People who have opportunity don't loot. This was kids like my students. Kids who the system works against every single day. If they could get away with a few pair of new shoes to sell and get ahead why not? I'm not mad. These systems are strong. Companies like Walmart profit off of the labor an poverty of their employees every single day. I'm not mad that they were targeted.
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  2020-06-02

  You Cannot Teach Black Children and Be Silent About the Injustices Against them

  As an educator this quite hit me hard. The image is a protester wearing a blue mask holding a large white sign that reads, “ You Cannot Teach Black Children and Be Silent About the Injustices Against Them.”
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  2020-06-02

  NAACP Leader, "I am a target for this virus."

  Excerpt from article: SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Protesters going out in the streets to speak up against the death of George Floyd and police brutality in America are being faced with a high stakes choice: stay home amid a global pandemic or walk in solidarity with fellow demonstrators.
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  2020-06-02

  Why colored paper in a doorway is a key part of Maine tribes’ Coronavirus response

  “Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Passamaquoddy Tribe elder Sarah Stanley’s world has shrunk to her home and a house across the street where three of her grandchildren live on the Pleasant Point reservation. It’s about as far as she feels safe going. Stanley, 60, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, putting her in the high-risk category for the virus. Despite family being close, Stanley said she feels isolated most of the time and does not feel safe going out even with a mask and gloves. If she needs something, Stanley posts a colored sheet of paper in her doorway: yellow for supplies, red for illness, or blue if she needs someone to talk with. At 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day, workers will drive by her home to check if a color is posted and they get what she needs.” Passamaquoddy Tribe
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  2020-06-02

  Oldest Shinnecock Man Turns 103 Old, Family Insists on Celebrating Despite Pandemic

  “Lubin Walter Hunter, the oldest living member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and oldest living male veteran in the Town of Southampton, according to a Southampton Village proclamation, turned 103 last week. In fact, Hunter may just be the eldest Native American veteran in New York, his family said. In the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, his family did not want to pass up the opportunity to celebrate his accomplished life and longevity, organizing a drive-by parade with his friends and community members. Hunter sat regally in a chair, draped with a blanket, at the end of his driveway, surrounded by his children and grandchildren — who wore masks and gloves to protect him from COVID-19. He stoically took in the well wishes one by one as the procession passed by.”
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  2020-06-02

  United South and Eastern Tribes Issue Statement on Unrest in the U.S.

  “America is suffering and her people are hurting, angry, and concerned about our fragility and our collective future as a nation. We have reached a tipping point that has long been bubbling under the surface. For the last several days, we have watched the explosion of centuries-old frustrations and tensions, rooted in injustice, erupt in protest and chaos in communities across this country. Unbelievably, this current crisis is unfolding on top of the months-long stress resulting from a once-in-a-generation worldwide pandemic. This pandemic has challenged us all both personally and professionally, taxed us to the point of physical and mental exhaustion, and has exposed disparities and inequities that have long existed within this country.
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  2020-06-02

  Space X

  Un dibujo mostrando una astronave con el nombre “space x” pasando por otra astronave que tiene dos extraterrestres. Al reconocer que la otra viene de la tierra, los extraterrestres se ponen sus mascarillas. Implica como si fuera el sentido común más básica, ponte la mascarilla. Es algo básico de la salud pública.
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  2020-06-02

  Protest with a Mask

  Every person in this picture were protesting with a mask on their face I used to live in this neighborhood, I felt a strong connection...
• 2020-06-02

  Daily Life During Covid-19

  During Covid-19, when I go out, I have to wear facial masks and gloves. I see many people wearing facial masks and keep 6 feet with other people. More and more people are infected in the US. I start to worry about the medical system and if medical stuff have enough medical recourses to fight the breakout. I am touched that they united on the front line. In addition, when I go to the supermarket or want to get boba, I will check if they are open. Also, I will check if I can order it using any Apps, then I just need to pick it up following the instructions. Due to Covid-19, I have to consider more in my daily life. I am staying at home at the most time. I am not as productive as usual. I have nothing to do but eat. I must gain weight after Covid-19 disappears.
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  2020-06-02

  A New Perspective on "Child Looks Into Barrel of Rubber Bullet Gun During Protests in Long Beach, California"

  Photographer, Richard Grant, captured a photo of a child sitting atop their father's shoulders during the Long Beach, California protests that followed George Floyd's death. It appears as if the cops in the photograph are pointing a rubber bullet gun directly at the father and child. The photographer recently posted the unedited photograph to Instagram and a caption stating that the photograph is not fake and that he does not believer the officer was intentionally or directly pointing the gun at the father and child. This statement by Richard Grant combats one of the reasons that perhaps the photograph went viral in the first place. Namely, that the officer was deliberately pointing the gun directly at the child. "First thing the photo is not fake. It is not Photoshopped. What I saw through the viewfinder is what is here. There was color correction and cropping so it could look better on Instagram when I posted it. I have stated before that I do not believe in the 1/500th of a second that the picture was made in that the officer was aiming at the man with the child. This is an uncropped photo with no color correction. I used a 24 -70mm lens at 70mm and f 3.5." Deliberate or not, the photograph reminds us to stop and think about the impact the events of 2020 are having on our children today and in the future.
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  2020-06-02

  Recovering Wuhan

  The photograph shows that Wuhan is gradually returning to normal.
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  2020-06-02

  Line outside of bank

  This is the picture I took a few days ago. Although the epidemic washaishihenyanz, everyone wears a mask and consciously observes the social distance
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  2020-06-02

  Quarantine Vegetable Garden

  During quarantine, my family decided to liven up our backyard with a nice vegetable garden. We couldn't do anything else, so not grow our own vegetables!
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  2020-06-02

  Daycare declines to take Ottawa nurse's son over other parents' COVID-19 fears

  News story about a nurse's struggle to find daycare for her young son. Her son's previous daycare closed, perhaps permanently, he is far down the waiting list for emergency daycare for the children of frontline workers, and then a spot she did find him fell through when the parents of other children in the daycare, two of whom had weak immune systems and asked the carer not to take the child on as they feared he would carry covid19 to daycare from his mother's work at a hospital. She has not been able to work due to the unavailability of care, during a time when nurses are in high demand. However, the article also mentions that after a story on the situation was aired on the nightly television news, the nurse received numerous calls offering to watch the child for her.
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  2020-06-02

  Ottawa hospital workers protest exclusion from pandemic pay

  While some health care professions such as doctors and nurses are receiving additional pay during the pandemic, others such as technicians and therapists are not leading to protests for a more inclusive pay policy.
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  2020-06-02

  Rewilding (Part III)

  This is my literary response to being relatively safe whilst watching Covid reek havoc around the world.
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  2020-06-02

  the damage caused by covid 19

  With the spread of COVID-19, mortality rates in the United States continue to be very high, and that has been a disaster for the United States. If the outbreak continues unchecked, it will cause a significant number of deaths.
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  2020-06-02

  #BlackOutTuesday on The Daily Smile

  I've been listening to a lot of podcasts, so much so that I've ventured beyond my normal genres and entered into new ones. Podcasts help me pass the time, and provide a mental escape from a daily routine that has become so monotonous. Given COVID-19, one recent podcast I subscribed to is the Daily Smile hosted by Nikki Boyer. Today, there was no episode. Instead, Nikki explained that owing to the recent police murder of George Floyd and the protests across the U.S., there would be no new content. The Daily Smile, and its company Wondery refrained from uploading any new content today.
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  2020-06-02

  A Rising War

  Boredom in a war feels more like a prison than a nation. My story is just about my time during my freshman year and how it was cut short due to this virus of 2020.