The expanded development and deployment of high-quality reusable masks and biodegradable disposables can further public health goals while protecting the environment from pandemic-induced pollution.
The Public Purpose
The Graduate Journal of American University's School of Public Affairs
COVID-19
The Myth of the “Labor Shortage”
Amid COVID-19’s employment disruption, America does not have a labor shortage. We have a shortage of jobs that treat workers like people with dignity.
How to Incentivize the Government to Prevent the Next Disaster
From the financial crisis to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and COVID-19, each year seems to bring a new disaster. The federal government should have foreseen and avoided each of these disasters.
Congress Needs to Pass a Substantive Economic Stimulus Package
The U.S. government has failed, not only to address the rapid spread of COVID-19, but to provide a social safety net for all Americans.
COVID-19 Exposes Inhumanity in the Social Justice System
Governments have neglected to restrict the spread of COVID-19 in jails, prompting rising infections and COVID-19 deaths among detained populations.
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Must Be Equitable and Cooperative
Without an international approach, COVID-19 may shrink to national endemics in developing nations — widening inequality between high- and low-income nations.
Utilizing Modern Monetary Theory to Provide COVID-19 Relief to the American People
The government can provide COVID relief in line with Modern Monetary Theory. However, it has given businesses $1.86 trillion yet only $293 billion to the American people.
Primed for Disaster: How Racial Disparities are Impacting Nursing Home Residents During COVID-19
COVID-19 has hit majority-minority nursing homes the hardest. These racial disparities must be addressed to help nursing home residents through this pandemic.
Empowering Minority Serving Institutions to Increase Diversity in the Medical Community
The COVID-19 response has pivoted attention to another key area of concern facing the scientific community: the lack of diversity in the medical community.