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More than 200 people gathered on Washington Square Park to rally in support Asian community, against hate crime and white nationalism.

The Virus Doesn't Discriminate, But Hate Crimes Tell a Different Story

by Kailey Shanks

Addressing the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans

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Attitudes toward leprosy are represented in this watercolor commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome around 1912 from Richard Cooper, a graphic artist known for his advertisements for the London Underground. Painting shows people scrambling to get away from a leper who strolls by, ringing a bell. In their haste, the crowd has left an infant on the roadside. CC-BY 4.0 from Wellcome Collection.

“Less a Leper Than I Have Been”

by Christopher Lee Manes

Book of documentary poetry recalls Louisiana's Carville Hospital and early 20th century experience of leprosy in America