People

Krysta Jones

"Blacks are disproportionately dying from COVID-19. I feel the health system took a gamble on my life."

Lee Smith

"On March 13, I sat in the parking lot of Washington-Liberty High School and wished my high-school career goodbye."

A Nurse in Falls Church

"I fear getting sick, but I am even more terrified that I will infect my family. I haven't hugged my kids in weeks."

Reema Bogin

"Masks are a double-edged sword for people like me. The D.C. area has one of the highest per capita populations of deaf and hard of hearing people." 

Susan Silver Levy

"Little did I realize all those nights around the kitchen table, bartering sheep and brick for ore and wood, amounted to training that would help me survive quarantine."

Quang Le

"Blaming an ethnic group doesn’t get us closer to ending the pandemic or finding a cure."

Tammy Rosen

"I should be worried about my health, but what keeps me up at night is the fear I may lose everything."

Mark Whittington

I’m a fly fisherman. This quiet, lonely time represents a chance to rig up.
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Madelyn Rosenberg

"We said a prayer for health care workers. We made jokes about the prophet Elijah maintaining six feet of social distancing. We drank grape juice and terrible wine."

Ellice Halpern

"Tonight we will get together for our first virtual Seder via Zoom."

Annie Moyer

"When we see students practicing poses in their homes with cats perched on their bellies, dogs stretching downward alongside them, we see a landscape of beautiful proportions."

Jen Atkin

"All of my kids are home. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me feel a sense of peace.  But this isn’t how it’s supposed to be."