Library Guides: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Common Good: U.S. Culture

How has U.S. culture affected our response to COVID-19?

"Barbara Ehrenreich Is Not an Optimist, But She Has Hope for the Future"
An interview with Barbara Ehrenreich about solidarity, class, race, with some discussion of novel coronavirus.
"Care in the Time of COVID-19"
This piece describes the impact of neoliberal capitalism on the U.S. response to COVID-19.
"Meet the Memphis Kroger warehouse workers keeping 100 mid-South grocery stores stocked"
Interviews with warehouse workers keeping grocery stores stocked.
"The Only Treatment for Coronavirus is Solidarity"
This short piece discusses the political problem of the pandemic, in which our interdependence clashes with a political and economic system that presupposes individualism.
"The Shift Americans Must Make to Fight the Coronavirus"
This article discusses the idea of the body as a social encounter.
"This Can Be Our Finest Hour"
This piece makes the case that by doing what we can, even in small ways, we are each participating in a great public cause. The title is a reference to NASA pulling together to take care of Apollo 13.