The coronavirus is a global threat, but the pandemic has an uneven impact across the U.S. It exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new challenges.
I think this crisis can teach several important lessons about inequality in America: how it hurts, who it hurts the most, why that’s the case and what can be done about it.
Jonathan J.B. Mijs is associate professor of sociology at Boston University. Mijs earned a P.h.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 2017. His research draws on ethnography, longitudinal data analysis, survey experiments ...