The Baltimore Sun
Backstretch workers are often thought of as Pimlico’s unsung heroes, the ones who get the job done, with little fanfare, attention or pay.
Read MoreBoxed in and no way out: Housing insecurity for Baltimore’s Latino residents worsens during COVID pandemic →
The Baltimore Sun
One by one, the rest of the family fell ill with the virus — her younger son, her husband, Sanchez herself. While they all gradually recovered, she still had to wrestle with another fear: Without her husband working in construction, they were not going to be able to pay rent.
Read MoreDoña Flor is the one to call in Baltimore for help with Latina rights and family well-being
The Baltimore Sun
As a bilingual social worker and facilitator on the Latino Family Advisory Board, Giusti said she’s had an open phone line during the pandemic. She normally addresses clients’ psychosocial needs in person.
Read MoreAdvocates working to get COVID-19 vaccine to Baltimore’s hard-hit Latino community →
The Baltimore Sun
With the pandemic hitting Baltimore’s Latino community harder than almost any other group, advocates and health care providers are pushing on many fronts to make sure these residents get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read MoreThis medical interpreter is a voice for Baltimore’s Latino patients during COVID-19 treatment and more →
The Baltimore Sun
Elsa Aguilar Bustos helps as women are having babies. She helps patients brought in for emergency care. Now as she works the 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. shift at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, she also helps those suffering from COVID-19, along with others
Read More‘We started weeping in April, and we haven’t stopped’: Baltimore’s Latino community racked by coronavirus →
The Baltimore Sun
The list of the deceased for the All Souls Day service at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was much longer than normal. Under the painting of St. Joseph, patron saint of a happy death, was an ofrenda, or altar, with 36 white crosses — one for each parishioner who has died from COVID-19.
Read MoreHow two poets are nurturing support networks disrupted by the pandemic →
PBS Newshour
Through poetry, Alok Vaid-Menon and Alán Peláez López are helping to foster support systems that were disrupted by COVID-19.
Read More‘I am not a virus.’ How this artist is illustrating coronavirus-fueled racism →
PBS Newshour
Korean-Swedish artist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom is addressing the hostility Asians increasingly are facing during the COVID-19 global pandemic in a series of one-panel comics.
Read More19 immersive museum exhibits you can visit from your couch →
PBS Newshour
As communities scale back the size of their gatherings amid the pandemic, many museums are temporarily shut down as a precautionary measure. But that doesn’t mean their collections and other online art exhibits can’t be viewed from home.
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