Covid-19

Don’t believe the self-help hype about extroverts and happiness — Before “Quarantine 2020,” as I like to call it, I was a social butterfly. I attended my weekly writer’s workshop, creating magical prose with brilliant folks in a neat cafe in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. I became close enough to my writer friends to attend non-workshop get-togethers, including a rooftop…

The year is 2020, the month…March. Lockdown for a virus called Covid-19 caused the exodus of my first college dorm into boxes which now reside in the garage of my childhood home. I’m struggling to grapple with the fact that in a blink of an eye what was once the…

New/old paper news: I’m very happy to have the lead article in this Urban Studies special issue on COVID-19 and cities. It’s open access! Many thanks to Scott Orford, Yingling Fan and Phil Hubbard for having me. This article is a time capsule. I first drafted these ideas, fast, as…

The long-lasting effects of COVID-19, known as long COVID, can significantly impact a freelance writer’s productivity and overall well-being. I know because I have been diagnosed with this condition. Fatigue and brain fog are common symptoms that hinder my creativity, focus, and energy levels. However, there are several proven strategies…

COVID-19: the virus that brought the world to its knees over a year ago. Since then, we have found ways to adapt, to overcome. In the last few months, our leaders have had one of the steepest learning curves of this century, learning to steer their business and support their…

Monday, June 1st — The Narrow Escape As the sun cast its warm glow upon the street, my 9-year-old son and I embarked on a walk down the sidewalk. Pushing his bike alongside me, we ventured forward, unaware of the impending chaos. Approaching a neighbor’s driveway, a car began to…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the world, and data is essential for understanding its spread and impact. SQL Server is a powerful database management system that can be used to store and analyze large amounts of data. In this post, we will explore how to use…

Brianna Sison As much as we try to turn ourselves away from it, grief is an inevitable process of the human experience. Whether it be the loss of our pet hamster when we were younger, the grief of not getting into your favorite university, or the loss of a family…

Reflections on medicine’s menacing minds. — I am not a doctor. Nor am I a healthcare professional. My sole relationship with the industry is as a former Spanish and French Medical Interpreter. However, as someone who identifies as an Afro-Boricua femme, it was imperative that I research the U.S. history of human testing on us beautiful…