Sarah Amy Harvard

Sarah Amy Harvard

Editor, Courier

Hailing from Chicago, Sarah is a journalist and editor based in New York City. She previously worked as a staff writer at Mic, Upworthy, The Independent, as an editorial lead at YouTube, and as an editor at Al Jazeera Contrast.

Politics President-elect Joe Biden has prioritized working with women and people of color as he transitions into the White House (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics Over 40% of Biden’s Transition Team Are People of Color. That Matters.

"My administration's going to look like America," Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden said earlier this year.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 16, 2020 2:03 pm EST
Coronavirus South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP, File)
Coronavirus Masks Save Lives. These GOP Governors Are Letting Their Citizens Get Sick While Refusing to Admit It.

More than a dozen Republican governors said this week they will not require residents to wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 13, 2020 2:09 pm EST
Coronavirus Members of a Houston medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)
Coronavirus The US Just Broke Another COVID Record and the Trump Administration Is Refusing to Do Anything About It

More than 60,000 Americans were hospitalized with COVID on Tuesday—that's 2,000 people more than the previous record set in April.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 11, 2020 3:15 pm EST
Politics President-elect Joe Biden has already unveiled ambitious plans for his presidency, including the creation of a coronavirus task force. The Trump administration, though, is still refusing to cooperate with a presidential transition. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics The White House Is Acting Like a Toddler Throwing a Tantrum Over Presidential Transition

President-elect Joe Biden is ramping up transition plans and outlining an ambitious agenda starting day one of his administration, but the Trump administration isn't cooperating.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 10, 2020 1:09 pm EST
Coronavirus President-Elect Biden Receives Briefing From New COVID-19 Advisory Board
Coronavirus Biden’s Choices for His COVID Task Force Show He’s Serious About Fighting Coronavirus

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus task force—which includes several respected public health experts and scientists—to advise him on the crisis during the transition.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 9, 2020 5:16 pm EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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Elections Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Elections Kamala Harris Makes History: She Is Now the First Black, Indian American, and Woman VP

To see the daughter of an Indian woman and a Black man, at a time when police brutality and anti-immigration rhetoric are prevalent, has offered many Americans a sense of hope.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 7, 2020 11:36 am EST
Elections People gather together to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The nation wide protest at McDonald’s was held on the day of the company’s shareholder meeting. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Elections Turns Out Red States Really Like Progressive Policies

Voters in states like Florida, Montana, and South Dakota backed policies increasing the minimum wage or legalizing drugs.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard November 4, 2020 5:01 pm EST