Standing Up for the Most Vulnerable
Prospect Writing Fellow Marcia Brownâs Best of 2020
Mike Haddad
The COVID-19 pandemic has rightly consumed us this year, and the awful carnage that weâve experienced and that still awaits us as the White House remains effectively vacant takes up a lot of airtime. (Nero fiddled while Rome burned, etc.) So many of our stories at the
Prospect have been about how the coronavirus has affected all our lives: how it has made it harder to put food on the table and to make rent; how it has spread like wildfire in prisons and ICE detention centers; how it has crushed state and local budgets, shuttered local businesses, and overwhelmed the health care system; how itâcoupled with the twin epidemic of racismâpushed thousands into the streets; how it has forced reliance on mutual aid networks and forced us to be creative in our relationships; how it has affected the election and how it will shape our country in the future. Yeah, there wa