• What we can learn by digging in Utah’s coronavirus data on age and gender

    What we can learn by digging in Utah’s coronavirus data on age and gender
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.We now have new data about Utahns with the coronavirus. We know their ages and how many are men and women. We know whether they were hospitalized or not.Being the numbers geek that I am, I was excited to explore the new info releas
  • Behind the Headlines: Coronavirus spreads and Salt Lake City buys ‘Hobbitville’

    Behind the Headlines: Coronavirus spreads and Salt Lake City buys ‘Hobbitville’
    A Salt Lake County inmate becomes the first incarcerated Utahn to test positive for coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare plans pay cuts for some medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. And Salt Lake City negotiates the purchase of an eclectic Sugarhouse property, and plans to turn it into a public art park.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, reporter Jessica Miller and news columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the wee
  • [KSL] - Donovan Mitchell to take part in NBA 2K tournament with other NBA athletes | KSL.com

    Just over a month ago Donovan Mitchell flew high and delivered a thundering one-handed slam on Washington’s Rui Hachimura. This weekend, the two will face off again — kind of.
  • Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’

    Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’
    San Francisco • After a crush of travel cancellations in March, WanderJaunt, a short-term home rental startup in San Francisco, laid off 56 of its 240 employees last week.Demand for services from Wonderschool, a startup that helps people find day care and preschool providers, dropped by half, leading it to cut most of its 60-person staff.And at ClassPass, which offers a membership program for fitness classes, more than 95% of revenue evaporated in just 10 days as studios and gyms around the
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  • Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Utah reports small increase to 1,074 total cases, no new deaths; those numbers ‘give us hope,’ governor says

    Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Utah reports small increase to 1,074 total cases, no new deaths; those numbers ‘give us hope,’ governor says
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 2. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1:45 p.m.: Utah’s small number of additional coronavirus cases &
  • Frances Floresca: It is not racist to call it the ‘Chinese virus’

    Frances Floresca: It is not racist to call it the ‘Chinese virus’
    Several weeks ago, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah state Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, was accused of racism for writing a post which she tweeted on her congressional campaign website. She called for the United States to stop relying on China for essential goods and stated that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic came about because of the Chinese Communist Party.I am Asian-American and a friend of Coleman, and it is important to look at the facts about how the COVID-19 pandemic start
  • [NBA] - World Autism Day: Vivint Smart Home Arena will be even more welcoming for fans with sensory needs thanks to new certification

    [NBA] - World Autism Day: Vivint Smart Home Arena will be even more welcoming for fans with sensory needs thanks to new certification
    Joe and Renae Ingles felt so many things on Jan. 8, 2019. There was fear and uncertainty and anxiousness. That was the day their son, Jacob, was diagnosed with autism.Fifteen months later, the
  • Salt Lake County mayor calls for statewide stay-at-home order

    Salt Lake County mayor calls for statewide stay-at-home order
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Arguing that the coronavirus “does not recognize county lines,” Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson called on Utah leaders Thursday to enact a statewide stay-at-home order she says could help ease the impact of the viru
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  • Silicon Slopes develops site to help more Utahns get tested for coronavirus

    Silicon Slopes develops site to help more Utahns get tested for coronavirus
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.The state of Utah and technology companies are rolling out a new website to help determine who has symptoms of the coronavirus and to direct symptomatic people for testing.The website is testUtah.com.“Our goal is to get every
  • Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Utah reports small increase to 1,074 total cases, no new deaths; Curbside testing starts in Park City

    Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Utah reports small increase to 1,074 total cases, no new deaths; Curbside testing starts in Park City
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 2. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----1 p.m.: Utah reports 1,074 coronavirus cases, no new deaths Utah is up
  • Another Utah refinery says it will launch effort to make cleaner ‘Tier 3’ fuel

    Another Utah refinery says it will launch effort to make cleaner ‘Tier 3’ fuel
    HollyFrontier — one of the two remaining Utah refineries that has yet to produce low-sulfur “Tier 3” gasoline — announced Thursday that it is beginning upgrades that should allow its Wood Cross refinery to produce the cleaner fuel in about six months.“By moving to Tier 3 fuels, we are advancing our commitment to deliver high-quality fuel products in an environmentally responsible way,” said Scott White, vice president and manager at the Woods Cross refinery.He
  • A Salt Lake County inmate has tested positive for the coronavirus

    A Salt Lake County inmate has tested positive for the coronavirus
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.A person who is currently incarcerated at a Salt Lake County jail facility has tested positive for the coronavirus, Sheriff Rosie Rivera said Thursday.This is the first publicly-known case of COVID-19 in Utah jails or prisons.River
  • Clement Y. Chow: When you have coronavirus, the isolation is the worst

    Clement Y. Chow: When you have coronavirus, the isolation is the worst
    The isolation is the worst. Lying awake alone, wondering what will happen. Will I die alone?It started with a low-grade fever accompanied by the chills and cold sweats. With two young kids, I am no stranger to being sick so I thought at worst, this was just a bad case of the flu. COVID-19 didn’t even enter my mind; after all, there were only one or two cases in Utah at the time. However, I do remember thinking that this felt unique because all I had was a fever.Then came the cough. It star
  • The apocalypse as an ‘unveiling’: What religion teaches us about the end times

    The apocalypse as an ‘unveiling’: What religion teaches us about the end times
    Shamain Webster, who lives in the suburbs outside of Dallas, has seen the signs of a coming apocalypse for a while now, just as the Bible foretold.Kingdom would rise against kingdom, Jesus taught his disciples in the Book of Luke. Webster sees widespread political division in this country. There will be fearful events and great signs from heaven, he said. She sees biblical values slipping away. A government not acting in the people’s best interest. And now this — a pandemic.But Webst
  • Commentary: Trusting Jesus in the COVID-19 storm

    Commentary: Trusting Jesus in the COVID-19 storm
    One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is about a storm.Jesus had just finished feeding thousands of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish. He told his disciples to go ahead of him to the town of Gennesaret in their boat while he dismissed the crowds. After everyone left, the Gospel of Matthew says, Jesus went up on a mountain to pray.Jesus was still on the mountain as evening came. His disciples, on the other hand, were in trouble.As the disciples ma
  • Gordon Monson: Sports could return in some form later this summer, but will fans? That’s highly questionable.

    Gordon Monson: Sports could return in some form later this summer, but will fans? That’s highly questionable.
    As the coronavirus continues its arc through the American and international landscapes, its effects form a two-stage rocket that have huge ramifications for sports, here and abroad. The virus is creating the possibility for the realization of a futuristic state of near-dystopia, one in which television cameras rule the day.The longer COVID-19 holds its grip, the more likely the realization of such unfortunate — even if temporary — change.Wimbledon is the latest major sports event tha
  • Commentary: Surviving April

    Commentary: Surviving April
    This isn’t the April we wanted.We wanted spring training. We wanted to go to church on Easter Sunday. We wanted a weekend trip to see the spring flowers. We wanted the Masters golf tournament. I love the Masters. I don’t just like it, I love it! I keep pictures of Amen Corner on my computer screen. I love April.But this April? This isn’t the April we wanted.But this is the April we’ve been handed: daily reports of disease and death. An economy that’s in free fall. D
  • No. 1-ranked BYU men’s volleyball team reels in conference postseason honors

    No. 1-ranked BYU men’s volleyball team reels in conference postseason honors
    Just like BYU swept most of its opponents this year, the Cougars also dominated the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-MPSF men's volleyball selections.Leading the group, BYU junior opposite Gabi Garcia Fernandez was named the 2020 MPSF Player of the Year and coach Shawn Olmstead was named the 2020 MPSF Coach of the Year, the conference announced Thursday.Garcia Fernandez was also one of four Cougars named to the All-MPSF First team, joining senior setter Wil Stanley, junior middle blocker F
  • Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Curbside testing starts in Park City

    Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Curbside testing starts in Park City
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 2. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----11:10 a.m.: Feds send $220 million to help Utah transitNearly $220 mil
  • Fremont’s Dallin Hall is Utah’s Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year

    Fremont’s Dallin Hall is Utah’s Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year
    Dallin Hall’s senior season with the Fremont High boys’s basketball team couldn’t have ended any better.The Silverwolves won the 6A state championship over rival Davis, which had beaten them twice in the regular season. A couple of weeks later, Hall committed to play basketball at BYU after waiting the entire season to make a decision.Then he received an honor no boys’ basketball player at Fremont has ever won. He was named the Gatorade Utah Boys’ Basketball Player
  • Homeless system may face further strain with closure of the temporary Sugar House shelter later this month

    Homeless system may face further strain with closure of the temporary Sugar House shelter later this month
    When Salt Lake City leaders opened an emergency shelter in Sugar House earlier this year to help those stuck in the frigid outdoors access a warm bed, they expected demand for the overflow space would wane with the arrival of spring.But homeless providers now worry the coronavirus pandemic and recent earthquake will upend those normal seasonal rhythms, adding pressure to an already-strained shelter system just as that temporary center is slated to close on April 15.“In the middle of our pl
  • Gordon Monson: Coronavirus firing a two-stage rocket at sports in America

    Gordon Monson: Coronavirus firing a two-stage rocket at sports in America
    As the coronavirus continues its arc through the American and international landscapes, its effects form a two-stage rocket that have huge ramifications for sports, here and abroad. The virus is creating the possibility for the realization of a futuristic state of near-dystopia, one in which television cameras rule the day.The longer COVID-19 holds its grip, the more likely the realization of such unfortunate — even if temporary — change.Wimbledon is the latest major sports event tha
  • Homeless system may get strained with the closure of the temporary Sugar House shelter later this month

    Homeless system may get strained with the closure of the temporary Sugar House shelter later this month
    When Salt Lake City leaders opened an emergency shelter in Sugar House earlier this year to help those stuck in the frigid outdoors access a warm bed, they expected demand for the overflow space would wane with the arrival of spring.But homeless providers now worry the coronavirus pandemic and recent earthquake will upend those normal seasonal rhythms, adding pressure to an already-strained shelter system just as that temporary center is slated to close on April 15.“In the middle of our pl
  • Utah’s unemployment sets a new record as the coronavirus crisis impacts workers nationwide

    Utah’s unemployment sets a new record as the coronavirus crisis impacts workers nationwide
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utah’s unemployment numbers jumped even further into uncharted territory Thursday as the economic disaster kicked off by the coronavirus deepened.A new federal report shows that 28,560 residents filed jobless claims last week
  • This week in Mormon Land: Post-pandemic forecast, coronavirus updates and General Conference buildup

    This week in Mormon Land: Post-pandemic forecast, coronavirus updates and General Conference buildup
    The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Post-pandemic predictions
    (Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
    A sacrament meeting in Africa.As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, some wonder how church growth may be affect
  • Here’s when toilet paper will return to Utah stores — and what you can do to help keep it in stock

    Here’s when toilet paper will return to Utah stores — and what you can do to help keep it in stock
    There’s been a lot of talk about toilet paper — or the lack of it —lately.But bathroom tissue is never far from reach in Utah.The Beehive State is home to one of the largest toilet paper manufacturers west of the Mississippi, said Todd Bingham, president of the Utah Manufacturers Association.Operated by Procter & Gamble and located in Bear River City, it produces and distributes Charmin toilet paper, baby care products and Bounty paper towels.The 9-year-old plant has 360 em
  • Robert Kirby: Your calling and selection made sure

    Robert Kirby: Your calling and selection made sure
    It’s General Conference time in Zion. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tune in to get the latest news from our leaders.Unfortunately, it won’t be in person. Attendance has been canceled for health reasons. Even now, ministering agents of church security are setting up blockades to Temple Square.We should all count ourselves lucky. It’s been promised that lives will be changed this weekend. It’s the 200th anniversary of the “First Vision&rdq
  • Nation’s unemployment claims grow by 6.6 million as economic pain mounts

    Nation’s unemployment claims grow by 6.6 million as economic pain mounts
    The tendrils of the coronavirus pandemic reached deeper into the U.S. economy last week, leaving millions more people out of work as the damage spread to jobs and industries that were spared at the outset of the crisis.More than 6.6 million people filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, setting a grim record for the second straight week.The latest claims brought the two-week total to nearly 10 million.The speed and scale of the job losses is with
  • Some Salt Lake County inmates are quarantined as one is tested for the coronavirus

    Some Salt Lake County inmates are quarantined as one is tested for the coronavirus
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.More than 50 inmates at a Salt Lake County jail facility have been moved into quarantine after another inmate in their unit had “flu-like symptoms” and was tested for the coronavirus Tuesday.Salt Lake County jail offici
  • Utah’s unemployment sets a new record, as the coronavirus scare impacts workers nationwide

    Utah’s unemployment sets a new record, as the coronavirus scare impacts workers nationwide
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Utah’s unemployment numbers jumped even further into uncharted territory Thursday, as the economic disaster kicked off by the coronavirus worsens.A new federal report shows that 28,560 residents filed jobless claims last week
  • Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: McAdams says COVID-19 hit him 'really hard’; Unemployment skyrockets in Utah and nationwide

    Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: McAdams says COVID-19 hit him 'really hard’; Unemployment skyrockets in Utah and nationwide
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Thursday, April 2. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----8:30 a.m.: McAdams says having virus ‘was quite an ordeal’
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell making a run at NBA 2K championship this weekend

    [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell making a run at NBA 2K championship this weekend
    Spida set to participate in NBA challenge this weekend
  • How you can help: University of Utah med students are collecting masks, gloves and more

    How you can help: University of Utah med students are collecting masks, gloves and more
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.If you want to help others during the coronavirus pandemic, donate medical supplies for frontline health care workers.A group of student volunteers from the University of Utah School of Medicine, coordinating with the Utah Departme
  • [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - You might be a Utah Jazz fan if …

    [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - You might be a Utah Jazz fan if …
    There are worse things in life than being a Utah Jazz fan. Still, if you’re fearful your following of the team will lead to full-blown fandom, there’s ...
  • Gov. Herbert vetoes proposed tax changes in time of economic uncertainty

    Gov. Herbert vetoes proposed tax changes in time of economic uncertainty
    Gov. Gary Herbert has exercised his veto power to block a handful of bills that would change tax policy, explaining that it would be imprudent to make these adjustments during a time of economic unrest.One of the bills would’ve extended a tax credit for clean heavy-duty vehicles, while another would’ve established tax credits for commercial energy systems. But rather than making piecemeal changes to the state’s tax code, state leaders should pursue more comprehensive reform eff
  • Nicholas Kristof: We are betraying our doctors and nurses

    Nicholas Kristof: We are betraying our doctors and nurses
    Doctors and nurses responding to the COVID-19 pandemic are the superheroes of our age, putting themselves at risk to save the lives of others.At least 61 doctors and nurses have died from the coronavirus in Italy so far. Already, in New York City alone, two nurses have died and more than 200 health workers are reported sick at a single major hospital.These superheroes are at risk partly because we sometimes send them into battle without adequate personal protective equipment, or PPE. This should
  • Leonard Pitts: Surrounded by ordinary heroism

    Leonard Pitts: Surrounded by ordinary heroism
    My editor groaned when I told her the subject of this column. In a moment, you'll be groaning, too.Last week in this space, I opined upon “the quiet death of an Italian priest.” Giuseppe Berardelli was 72 and died of the novel coronavirus. This happened, I reported, after he gave away his respirator, which had been bought for him by his parishioners. I wrote that he insisted it be given to a younger patient who was struggling to breathe.Well, Father Berardelli did, indeed, die of the
  • Ask Ann Cannon: My sister wants her dog to come to the family reunion

    Ask Ann Cannon: My sister wants her dog to come to the family reunion
    Dear Ann Cannon • I have a family of siblings who live out-of-state. Most are single with no children. I have taken it on (willingly!) to organize a family reunion each summer. My husband and I have a home in a vacation spot, which we have opened up to everybody in the past. As the family has expanded with nieces and nephews and even grandchildren, it has become necessary to find additional housing. Meanwhile, we like our children and their children to stay with us in our vacation home.The
  • Since Joseph Smith’s First Vision, teens have played key roles in Mormon history

    Since Joseph Smith’s First Vision, teens have played key roles in Mormon history
    Mormon founder Joseph Smith was 14 years old when he said the God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him in response to a prayer 200 years ago. Ever since, teenagers have played key roles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.At the faith’s Sunday meetings, teenage boys bless and pass the sacrament, or communion. Most members who leave on volunteer church missions are 18 and 19 years old. Teens serve in presidencies of the church’s all-male Aaronic Priesthood quorum
  • Letter: A tale told by an idiot

    Letter:  A tale told by an idiot
    It seems we are living in Shakespearean times. Methinks MacBeth has returned.Assaulted by forces unseen, we are buffeted by fears and sorrow. We huddle and tremble and look, indeed plead, for leadership.But our leader is "but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."Our leader cries "hoax" and "fake," but the truth is obvious and overwhelming and pandemic, and the leader is forced to reverse his trumped-up taradiddle of triumph, be
  • Robert Gehrke: Need some good news? The deal to preserve Salt Lake City’s iconic ‘Hobbitville’ is a win.

    Robert Gehrke: Need some good news? The deal to preserve Salt Lake City’s iconic ‘Hobbitville’ is a win.
    As a stereotypical teenage ne’er-do-well, I remember more than one night venturing into “Hobbitville.”It was the stuff of legend. If you strayed too far, the little people who lived in the tiny homes would chase you with rocks and sticks. Some kids, I had it on good authority, never returned.And so we would muster the courage to journey in after dark, sticking close together, ready to bolt at the first glimpse of a tiny head. They never showed, but it didn’t matter, becau
  • Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Unemployment skyrockets in Utah and nationwide

    Live coronavirus updates for Thursday, April 2: Unemployment skyrockets in Utah and nationwide
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.It’s Wednesday, April 1. We’ll provide the latest coronavirus updates involving Utah throughout the day.[Read complete coronavirus coverage here.]----6:40 a.m.: Last week’s unemployment report was bad. This week&r
  • Utah restaurants face a tough choice — pivot or shut down during coronavirus

    Utah restaurants face a tough choice — pivot or shut down during coronavirus
    Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage here. To support journalism like this, please consider donating or become a subscriber.Fine-dining restaurants that rarely did takeout are now offering online ordering and food to go.Bakeries and catering companies with well-stocked pantries are selling flour, yeast and other hard-to-find ingredients to the public.Br
  • [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell pays tribute to Carlos Boozer during NBA 2K Twitch stream

    [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell pays tribute to Carlos Boozer during NBA 2K Twitch stream
    Many NBA players have explored various activities to fill their day ever since the season suspension, one of which involves streaming themselves playing video games. Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, in particular, played NBA 2K while on Twitch.tv,...
  • Tribune Editorial: Utah economy needs a giant boost

    Tribune Editorial: Utah economy needs a giant boost
    Nine hundred and thirty-two million dollars.That’s how much cash the state of Utah has sitting in its Rainy Day Fund reserve account. It also has numerous other pots and kettles and rabbit holes full of other funds — taxpayers money, all of it — intended and reserved for other long-term or special projects and programs.All of it seemed like a good idea at the time.But times have changed.It is time to put that money to work, now, in large amounts, as a sort of economic ventilato
  • Letter: Uses for that $100 billion

    Letter: Uses for that $100 billion
    I am anxiously awaiting the wonderful news from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that it has agreed to use some of its $100 billion rainy day/Apocalypse fund to give generously to people who have lost their jobs, renters who can’t pay their rent and to purchase personal protective equipment for hospitals and clinics. It’s not just raining, it’s pouring.Wayne Belka, Midvale Submit a letter to the editor
  • Letter: Fauci is not trying to undermine the president

    Letter: Fauci is not trying to undermine the president
    The latest absurd conspiracy from the rightwing political entities is that Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, appointed to the position in 1984, is purposely trying to contradict President Trump in an effort to undermine him.On Sept. 30, The New York Times printed an article documenting the cabal shared by 1.5 million email followers.The president’s well-known antipathy to science is not something that can be tolerated during this pandemic.
  • Letter: Being excluded from religion causes anguish

    Letter: Being excluded from religion causes anguish
    It is easy to feel that people who are different from us are a potential threat. However, when we treat people differently or less than us, it can cause problems for them. This often happens in religions when there are rules or expectations of the members.Religion is something people hold in a sensitive part of their heart. When people experience judgment in a place they once felt safe, or when people are excluded from a group they once belonged to, it can lead to mental illnesses like depressio
  • Letter: A good time to learn new habits

    Letter: A good time to learn new habits
    At this historical moment, this time of quarantine and empty market shelves, we need to reflect on our habits as consumers.We are witnessing firsthand the evolution of societal habits in process. In just a couple of weeks, we’ve had to stock our pantries, keep gas tanks filled, wash our hands (properly) many times a day, avoid human contact, delay gratification (movies, church, bars, etc). You get the idea.Rather than employment sites being our daily base-of-action, our homes have taken th
  • [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell speaks out on his self-quarantine setup after testing positive for coronavirus

    [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell speaks out on his self-quarantine setup after testing positive for coronavirus
    Utah Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell was one of the first two NBA players who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Though Mitchell himself didn’t show any symptoms during the long quarantine period, he remained in isolation to prevent the...

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