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So Covid’s long-term effects will reverberate through the country: [lower trust in institutions](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9242572/), an [absolute unwillingness](https://www.vox.com/23001426/pandemic-proof) to think seriously about preventing the next pandemic, [failing schools](https://www.vox.com/education/372475/math-reading-school-covid-education-learning-loss-kids), and [rising isolation](https://www.vox.com/2020/3/12/21173938/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-elderly-epidemic-isolation-quarantine). And all that will unfold without any real clarity on how we got here and how we can make sure it never happens again.
America — And the Media — Needs a Covid Reckoning
Kelsey Piper
JBS has long been embroiled in scandal. During Trump’s first term, the Justice Department fined [JBS](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020-254), [JBS’s parent company](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/jf-investimentos-sa-pleads-guilty-and-agrees-pay-over-256-million-resolve-criminal-foreign), and [two brothers](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020-254) who control the parent company $280 million for bribing approximately 1,800 Brazilian officials.
Every President Is Friendly to the Meat Industry — But Trump Is Taking It to Another Level
Kenny Torrella
You admit that you’d never be satisfied with an average life—you long to excel, and you know it. You acknowledge just how much you thrive by being pushed—you need a challenge or your boredom risks tipping over into a depressive episode. And you stop playing small and denying your gifts—you were born to shine, and you can feel it.
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
Katherine Morgan Schafler
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