| "Kay Atene's family lives together on the same red earth in Oljato-Monument Valley in Utah that her great-grandparents returned to after surviving the 'Long Walk' more than 150 years ago." So begins an extraordinary, immersive work by Hailey Sadler and Darian Woehr that I hope you will take the time to read, watch and listen to. It is journalism, but I would say it is also a work of art, in that, though brief, it powerfully brings you into another person's world — a world many of us are unfamiliar with. Covid-19 has hit Native Americans harder than any other group in this country, and Atene is a member of the Navajo Nation. As she guides us through her windswept home, she explains that the pandemic has also challenged an essential element of her way of life: intergenerational living. Sadler and Woehr, in this piece edited by Kate Woodsome, show us the "tiny homes" that are being built as one temporary solution to that challenge. But in the process, they also give us a glimpse into a way of life, a language and a culture being passed from one generation to the next against great odds. "This is where the children are raised," says Atene as she feeds her goats. "This is where the children pick up their thoughts and turn them to knowledge." I hope you find this work rewarding. And once you are on the subject of covid, you might want to challenge yourself with this question: Should overcrowded hospitals give priority to vaccinated patients over sick people who rejected the vaccine? Nancy Gibbs examines that conundrum.  (Hailey Sadler) For many Navajo, multigenerational homes became one of the deadliest places to be during the pandemic. Solutions are needed to protect both their health and tradition of living together. By Hailey Sadler and Darian Woehr ● Read more » |    | | | The world should help to keep our students' dreams alive. By Shabana Basij-Rasikh ● Read more » | | | Rather than addressing addiction crises, this "war" ushered in a new form of structural racism whose effects are wounding us all. By Tony Van Der Meer ● Read more » | | | The best-selling crime novelist sits on the board of the Innocence Project, and believes our country should be doing more to prevent wrongful convictions. 'Please, Go On' Podcast ● By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | You can't have a civil election even when everyone running is a Hollywood liberal. By Joel Stein ● Read more » | | | The Texas fetal heartbeat law is blatantly unconstitutional, but that didn't stop the Supreme Court from letting it take effect. By Ruth Marcus ● Read more » | | | | The court's conservative majority was on the correct side of the law. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | | | 
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