Apr
22
2020
Paul Piff, assistant professor of psychological science, co-writes this op-ed about remembering the poor. From the piece: "When the dust settles on COVID-19, whether that’s in a matter of months or longer, a sense of normalcy will return to our lives — we will resume connecting, working and recreating as we once did. When that happens, it may be easy for Americans to lose sight of the many millions among them still reeling from the pandemic, and return to blaming them for struggling to get by. It would seem that is our nature. Another possibility, though, is that the pandemic has created sustained shifts in Americans’ awareness of situational influences on economic prosperity and their support for enlarging the social safety net."