Pandemics, Poverty, and Mental Health

The dull stress of the late pandemic is a kind of window into what a lot of people live with all the time.

Illinois WPA Art Project / Library of Congress

As the pandemic drags into its second year, the tone of the coverage about day to day life has shifted. The most fortunate among us have been the most likely to do nothing: not go into a workplace, not go into a hospital or…