What I Found When I Looked for the Helpers
Even in the midst of death and divisiveness, people are working to fix different pieces of American life the pandemic broke.
Kathy Gilsinan
Kathy Gilsinan is a St. Louis-based contributing writer at The Atlantic. Her book, The Helpers: Profiles From the Front Lines of the Pandemic, comes out in March 2022. She was previously an editor at World Politics Review.
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