Opinion

The global consensus seems to be that we do not want to be locked up until a vaccine is found, produced and distributed. However, the end of confinement, by definition, implies more human contact, greater risks and more infections.

The pandemic has magnified inertia as a powerful force most of us take for granted. It shines a spotlight on the realities that have shaped our nation for centuries. The current combination of urgency and scale is daunting and has exposed inertia’s brutal consequences.

Despite 21st-century global interconnectedness that broadened our social horizons, the coronavirus has forced us to self-isolate in our own small universe.

Inventing enemies is something Donald Trump and Andrés Manuel López Obrador have in common. They do it to obscure their poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Immigrant workers across our economy are keeping our supermarkets, health centers, and other essential businesses running to the benefit of all Americans.

What will become of the peculiar Mexican greeting consisting of a handshake, a hug that includes three pats on each other’s backs, and then another handshake?

Civil society must fight against abuses of power committed under the pretext of public health. In a region that’s still overcoming a legacy of dictatorships, the pandemic could once again make it normal to have soldiers indefinitely patrolling the streets.

Latinos proudly stand alongside other heroes in this chapter of our country’s history in this time of crisis, they deserve our support.

The administration has been slow to act in fighting the virus, often displaying a frustrating lack of urgency; the president has continually misinformed the public; and in his personal behavior, Trump has set an appalling example for others.

The CARES Act leaves millions of them unable to access Medicaid to pay for testing for the virus, including many Dreamers, people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and undocumented workers.