Making rent is never easy, and it has become especially difficult during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you lived in New York City pre-Covid you were probably paying rent. Some people live with family, some own their homes/apartments, but for many paying rent is the just a way of living. Couple this context with the amount of renters in NYC with the severity of the pandemic, financial instability, and lack of protections for renters and you have a recipe for turmoil.

Covid-19 has been particularly hard on migrant communities, many of whom have not seen their families for years. This sense of dislocation is even more acutely felt at Christmas time

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been particularly acute for undocumented migrants. Melissa Frasco examines how lack of insurance has hampered undocumented migrants ability to access care, and the broader impacts this has on society.

Veterans serving this country should never face the brutality of the deportation system