Weekly Wrap 4.17.20: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week | Sojourners

Weekly Wrap 4.17.20: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

1. Amid Pandemic, the Way We Talk About Death Is Changing

More than 101,000 people worldwide have died of the novel coronavirus, forcing an increasing number of people to confront a topic they tend to otherwise avoid: death.

2. The Trump Campaign Wants to Win the Votes of Evangelicals of Color

President Trump wants to peel away social conservatives from the Democratic party, including black and Latino evangelicals.

3. Their Calling Was to Lay Hands on the Sick. Then Came the Coronavirus.

How the pandemic transformed the lives and ministry of eight Manhattan priests, and what their example can teach the rest of us.

4. Christian Ethics and the Dilemma of Triage During a Pandemic

In the current COVID-19 pandemic, medical staff are making triage decisions about who will be saved by artificial ventilation and who will be allowed to die.

5. If We Want Climate Policy that Works, Listen to Women

Climate and environmental justice solutions today are entrenched in patriarchal norms.

6. The People Who Risked Death for Immunity

When yellow fever swept through 19th-century New Orleans, immunity became so valuable, people were willing to go to extreme lengths for protection.

7. Quarantine Reads: The Book of Disquiet

In this series, writers present the books they’re finally making time for.

8. Virginia Bishop Who Preached 'God Is Larger than this Dreaded Virus' Dies of COVID-19

Bishop Gerald Glenn died Saturday night. His daughter previously shared that he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus.

9. The Plight of a Hospital Chaplain During the Coronavirus Pandemic

How do you comfort the suffering when you’re not allowed in the room?

10. Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid?

Martha Phillips knows exactly how it feels to suddenly find yourself up close to — and unprotected from — a deadly virus.

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