Opinion
2020 was the year (almost) none of us were OK
The pandemic made plain an intolerable crisis of economic inequality.
Samantha Allen
Dr. Samantha Allen, a contributing opinion columnist, is the author most recently of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, a reported travelogue. Her debut&n
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