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Rear view of woman in front of house (Getty Images)

Alzheimer's in the era of COVID-19

Mary Elizabeth Williams

A face mask chessboard, and prison bars (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

How COVID-19 affects the incarcerated

Shearod McFarland, Mateo Hoke

What "from the hood to the holler" means

Sesame Street (Warner Media/CNN)

Kids need to keep learning about racism

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Demonstrators march as part of a Juneteenth Celebration on June 19, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when a Union general read orders in Galveston, Texas stating all enslaved people in Texas were free according to federal law. (J. Countess/Getty Images)

Fighting two viruses: COVID-19 & racism

Takirra Winfield Dixon

Senior woman on the phone (Getty Images)

Seniors being targeted for COVID scams

Mary Elizabeth Williams

A demonstrator raises his fist at a gathering to celebrate Juneteenth at the 16th street "Black Lives Matter Plaza" near the White House. The US marks the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth, with the annual unofficial holiday taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's living legacy of racial injustice. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The long road to justice

Mitchell L.H. Douglas

Dwight Watkins feeding his daughter (Photo provided by Dwight Watkins)

What I'm celebrating this Father's Day

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Boy Watching Father Shaving (Getty Images)

Lessons from teaching my son to shave

Medical workers walk outside a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center on May 26, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

I'm your doctor. Hear me on COVID

Chaya Bhuvaneswar

A man salutes at a mural dedicated to George Floyd, across the street from the Cuney Homes housing project in Houston's Third Ward, where Floyd grew up and later mentored young men, on June 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

George Floyd and the white gaze

Demonstrators in Baltimore protest the murder of George Floyd (Devin Allen)

What happens after the protests end?

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Jessica Vaughn (Photo provided by Author)

I'm still running my heart out

Cleaning a big mess (Getty Images)

What cleaning a hoarder house is like

Christopher Lancette

Barkskins (National Geographic/Philippe Bosse)

"Barkskins" respectful Native depictions

Migizi Pensoneau

"This is your brain on Coronavirus" (Illustration by Salon/Getty Images/University of Washington)

What's in a COVID-19 model? Math & doubt

Marya Zilberberg

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Collage of Watkins family and friends (Photos provided by Dwight Watkins)

My baby born, my friend murdered

Hummingbird (Illustration by Liz Climo)

Mothering without my mom

Skylark ( Gerhard Hofmann/EyeEm/ Getty Images)

A Mother’s Day scream into the void

A photograph taken of the author's mother, alongside a painting done by the author's grandmother (Photo by Martin Cornel, Painting by Solange Langelier, both courtesy of Elizabeth Kadetsky (the author))

A mother's vanishing

Elizabeth Kadetsky

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Patients at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, Louisiana, enjoying a musical evening. The hospital is for leprosy sufferers and is run by nuns, one of whom is playing the piano whilst patients play drums and accordion. (Three Lions/Getty Images)

The disease and the stigma

Wendy Chin-Tanner

Bobi's Granny's house (Bobi Conn)

Reclaiming a family home from addiction

Takeout container in a fancy restaurant (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A restaurant transformed by the pandemic

Chris González

Future engineers are making their first car (Getty Images)

Tomboy research was my pandemic prep

Lisa Selin Davis

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