Dreams are meant to become reality right now its more like a nightmare from. The borders have been closed for months there are no tourists no shows. And no money. America is faltering and for new yorkers like to mika every day has become a struggle to carry on and be able to remain in the city she made enormous sacrifices to make it to broadway. When i close my eyes and when i would dream i just saw myself once a day so thats there i certainly see that coming here it took a lot of discipline so when everybodys like partying in college. Working 2 jobs i was studying in a conservatory i was so. Our. It takes some people years to get a broadway gig but. Its her version of the american dream. But the dream is at least for now. Closed because of the corona virus pandemic and it was recently announced that they will remain closed at least until next june. Which was meant to appear right now is about a black woman living in america during the 1960 s. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement an important topic now just before the president ial election because the u. S. Is more divided today than its been in a very long time into opponents and supporters of president and also in the question of whether black americans are still systematically disadvantaged i feel sad and. Partially for me. But also i feel more sad for people who. Would benefit from. I feel sad for that family i. You know may not understand why people say black lives matter who might want to see this because its just. And then maybe they can receive something something if i can print it on their heart to understand why people say the things that they said. The coronavirus pandemic is pulling American Society even further apart and in new york city alone roughly 24000 people have already died from the virus thanks to strict regulations such as extensive masking the citys been able to keep the virus better in check recently. The number of infections is slowly rising again and in other parts of the country the situation is much more menacing. Black americans like to meet are especially concerned statistically their risk of infection is 3 times higher than that of their fellow white citizens. The pandemic is bringing the deep seeded inequality with an American Society back to the surface something that also worries to mika a great deal. For home is in the bronx the poorest borrow in new york city. Has kept busy with her new side job since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic shes been designing fashion and jewelry with social critical and political messages. A little extra income in these hard times. She puts her finger in the open wounds of American Society with many of her designs. Wants to do her part to make sure that things get back on track in america this is one reason why all her products are made in the usa its important to have stuff made in the us here because it means keeping americans employed because employment leads to Health Coverage needs to less stress hopefully. And. I think that at a time like this said super imperative to think about. This through. Why. The letter. Is yeah. I. Know a lot of the. Josh also hopes for a better future. He and to me could have been friends since they appeared on a broadway stage together. Josh too lost his job because of the coronavirus but unlike to me he decided to leave new york like so many others. Since the pandemic as you know forced me to. Sustain life here for a lot of people right so i or some letter its in my place im in california actually staying in my parents mobile didnt make sense to stay here if i didnt have work one more really keeps me here is. The work you know i mean im going to. He sounds paycheck in the city outside as well have someone else pay my rent needs to be here and spend time with my friends that was the main aim now josh is visiting for a few weeks because he managed to get a couple of smaller gigs. But the citys not what he remembers. Its a strange feeling because the city is very. Different you know i mean its choir you dont have that sort of. Folks that are coming in to see photos and you know this varies from all of the artists basically have new yorkers the most part so theres a part of it thats that is refreshing as a part of that its a little sad but you know i know that were strong. City folk and its true that were going to strike soon im praying on it. When she has time to meet also looks in on her neighbors. Today she meets james in the lobby. To. Both things thank you. But all we read in. Oh ok they have like the devotionals with it too so i have the super bowl for the bushes will be due to hold just me who just. Please. Jay has diabetes and his left foot had to be amputated shortly before the pandemic like him a disproportionately high number of black americans suffer from preexisting conditions and are especially at risk during the pandemic. I just thought it physical. The mom trying. To make a i was not out of rehab because those considered high risk and so thats why im still in this chair and i want to know this is a daily thing come out get it. Go back in. This is but. We just have to keep on going forward. Trying to stay alive. But many werent so lucky. That let the hospital is just around the corner from to me because apartment. She will never forget the weeks when the city was the world wide at the center of the pandemic. Overpass here and. You know semi trucks that were for all the defeat bodies. Of that analysis very alarming it was a very scary time the conscious. Sirens going off the streets were very empty it made me feel like it was kind of the end of the world. But it was not yet yet. As the number of new cases in new york increases so does the fear of a 2nd wave im afraid what will happen because of that im afraid that i wont be able to see my parents because of it or visit them or make sure that theyre ok im afraid that. Everything will close in the entire economy and all the business this wall collapsed because of it i guess im more afraid of the ramifications of how will affect people and then what it will do to me. Lawrence is drawn back to times square for many people its the symbol of new york for her its a place full of beautiful memories really here at nighttime theyre built for joy yet its nice to know that its not completely empty it. Reminds me of what was i really like that. Vibrancy of times square and the privacy of new york i think thats something that i was nervous with going to be gone forever but its nice to see that there are still people who want to come in times square and take to the light i think its beautiful. And it just to me to hope that new york and new yorkers will also overcome this crisis somehow. Every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their homes. The consequences are disastrous our documentary series displaced. Droughts and floods the climate exodus. What becomes of those who stay behind when their homes are flooded. And their fields dry out. In 15 minutes on d w. Reflections on elections the role of the media at the ballot box the 8 on one session of the global media followed. By the covered 19 pandemic of more and more people mistrust the political system and they believe the media have their phone agenda. What can media professionals do to change these beliefs join our discussion. Starts 1230 chasey. Where i come from we had to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t. V. Shadow and a few newspapers in official information as a journalist i have work off the streets a name we can trust and they have problems are all of the same 14 the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on seeing the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. My name is jenny paris and where and again. This is d. W. News live from berlin a new u. S. Brokered cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan was set to take effect a few hours. Those 5 disputed nagornokarabakh sunday head of the monday morning ceasefire deadline one of the very latest about that from our correspondent in the region also coming up
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