WEST ALLIS, Wisc. — The Milwaukee State Fair Park used to be a cheerful, happy place, near the so-called Cream City, attracting thousands of families every year for events and concerts. An area once fulfilled by joy — where kids ate cotton candy near their smiling parents — is now welcoming an emergency field hospital where ambulances come and leave. Coronavirus cases have surged in Wisconsin with no sign of improvements. The hospital, located in the small town of West Allis, is emblematic of...

Dispatches from a Pandemic ‘I am a raging pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-everything social liberal, as far left you can get in this country. But I am also a proud pro-Second Amendment supporter,’ says Jonathan Lee, 46, an Uber driver Charlotte, N.C. — Every morning, a small aircraft flies over the sky, waking up Charlotte, N.C. It drags a flag with two images: on the left, the image of an aborted fetus, on the right, a Black Lives Matter sign. It is a stark reminder of some issues that...

Dispatches from a Pandemic ‘We have a huge percentage of Asian Americans in the hospitals helping to save people from COVID-19 right now. At the same time, we have been targeted just because of how we look’ It was Oct. 3, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act that abolished the so-called National Origins Formula, giving to Asian Americans, among other minorities, the right to become U.S. citizens after years of tension and discrimination, particularly...

Dispatches from a Pandemic ‘It was easy to recognize people from Italy on New York City’s streets in early March — they were the ones who already wore masks, used gloves and practiced social distancing because they acknowledged the crisis that was coming’ New York — Being an Italian in the United States over the past several weeks has meant living the nightmare of the pandemic twice. The first time was in February and March, as I heard the stories coming from parents and friends in Italy,...