More people than ever are being exposed to sign language through Covid press briefings as interpreters work to pass on vital information

Masks prevent me from lipreading and using facial cues to communicate –hearing people need to be more open to communicating in different ways with strangers

We are a place either forgotten about or disparaged by much of America. And yet we have each other’s backs

In a tiny south-eastern Ohio town in the Appalachian foothills, the Hazel Ginsburg Well is holding waste from out-of-state fracking operations – a sludge of toxic chemicals and undrinkable water