Latino artists report lower rates of health insurance, greater economic losses and higher unemployment. A higher number of them have seen their health or their family’s health directly impacted by COVID-19.
Artistas latinos reportan: mayores pérdidas económicas, mayor desempleo, en mayor medida han visto su salud o la de su familia afectada directamente por el coronavirus y en un mayor porcentaje no tienen seguro médico.
An organization that fosters traditional dance from the city’s many ethnic groups is taking its work, and the movements and music of its performers, online.
In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.
From the start of the city’s coronavirus crisis in February 2020, the city’s Commission on Human Rights received more than 566 reports of discrimination, harassment, and bias related to COVID-19, 184 of which were anti-Asian in nature.
Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.
Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.
The 1980 August Agreements were the breaking point in the contemporary history of Poland and the harbinger of what followed: the downfall of the communist system in Eastern Europe.
“I was filled with sadness. I didn’t know what to do,” the street artist told NY Japion. “I looked for a space to create art.”
‘A mass said to the familiar faces feels so much different than one said to a bare camera,’ says the pastor at Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City.
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