Essays in Quarantine
In This Series
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In the midst of a pandemic, ‘home’ takes on new importance
My mother recently began painting houses. Little homes; on canvas, I mean.
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When kids ask tough questions about coronavirus, is honesty the best policy?
My kids are asking when the coronavirus will end. Here’s how I’m responding.
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Can small carbon footprints outlast coronavirus?
Social distancing has made my world smaller. Maybe that's a good thing.
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From coronavirus to climate change, our lives will never go back to ‘normal’
We all want a conclusion to the COVID-19 saga. Will we get an end to the story of climate?
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I thought I was being safe. Then I found out I had been exposed to coronavirus.
It turns out there’s no place you can be truly “safe” from coronavirus -- or climate change, for that matter.
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Georgia’s coronavirus actions are anti-science. Is it time to move?
These are the kind of foolish, anti-science actions that those of us who cover the climate emergency see with alarming frequency.
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Coronavirus could help us reclaim city streets — but only if officials act
What if New York City streets were like this all the time — spaces for people first and cars second?
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From New York to Saipan, one family weathers coronavirus
It was bad enough when Super Typhoon Yutu struck my childhood home of Saipan. Now the coronavirus is reviving that trauma.
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What storytelling means in times of crisis
Crises test our character, and what drives my reporting is the desire to understand how humans survive these tests.
