What COVID-19 Means for the American South 2020-04-06 Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email What COVID-19 Means for the American South COVID-19 Is Not An Equalizer: Early Data Shows African Americans Are Dying at Higher Rates Joking from a Distance: Ziwe Fumudoh on Processing Trauma Through Comedy Listeners Tell Us: Housing Costs Hit Hard During COVID-19 Pandemic A temporary hospital has been set up in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, as overflow for local hospitals that are reaching capacity, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in New Orleans. ( AP Photo ) Produced by GBH, PRX and WNYC Studios