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# Apart. Not Alone

In the face of a global pandemic, we need to stand together more than ever

## Apart Not Alone 1

* ['Without Empathy, Nothing Works.' Chef José Andrés Wants to Feed the World Through the Pandemic](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809169/jose-andres-coronavirus-food/)  
bySean Gregory
* ![US-HEALTH-VIRUS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt825f7c63d63f0dee/698a0c10011682bb4097f2a7/Come-Together-When-Were-Apart.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How to Come Together When We're Apart](/collections/apart-not-alone/5810155/how-to-come-together-coronavirus/)  
byEdward Felsenthal
* ![An illustration showing a home and one neighbor passing food to another via a balloon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8bf3fb6c3999a23/698a0bee8fd2ee948836110a/coronavirus-finding-community-neighbors.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[We've Always Needed One Another. Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak, We're Starting to Act Like It](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809170/coronavirus-finding-community/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![People falling after no one was there to catch them](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4047c63fbcc85290/698a0c02db298757e3265230/loneliness-epidemic-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Loneliness Was a Public Health Crisis Long Before Social Distancing. Here’s How We Can Solve It](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809171/loneliness-epidemic-united-states/)  
byVivek Murthy
* ![Actor Chris Evans](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf3cb0c36cfe7343/698a0befb21a9c3853503568/united-we-rise-chris-evans-ryan-pfluger.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[From Chris Evans to Eboo Patel, Meet 27 People Bridging Divides Across America](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809175/meet-the-uniters/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![Illustration of two men painting blue and red over a map of the united states](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3795bcd3f89498c1/698a0bfb86f68e3e176ee823/common-ground-shared-rights-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Van Jones: Why We Need Bipartisan Progress Now More Than Ever](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809173/van-jones-bipartisan-progress/)  
byVan Jones


* ['I Have the Skills, I Have the Training.' How Refugee Doctors Are Helping the U.S. Fight COVID-19 Even Without a Medical License](/collections/apart-not-alone/5848349/refugee-doctors/)  
byAryn Baker
* ['They Feel Like They've Been Remembered': Bus Drivers Deliver Lunches to Kids Whose Schools Have Closed Due to Coronavirus](/collections/apart-not-alone/5808475/coronavirus-school-lunches-bus-drivers/)  
bySpencer Bakalar and Madeleine Carlisle
* ![Far-right protesters clash with left-wing counter­protesters at the Justice Center in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 22](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9a976e68fc2db74/698a120e4ee26208ff317e78/american-political-division.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[America Is Being Pulled Apart. Here's How We Can Start to Heal Our Nation](/collections/apart-not-alone/5887428/american-political-division/)  
byDavid French
* ![shipping polio vaccines to Europe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19d767147e2e5691/698a0c0397cdff7dbf6ba851/world-leaders-coronavirus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Madeleine Albright: Coronavirus Should Be a Wake-Up Call for World Leaders to Work Together](/collections/apart-not-alone/5807169/madeleine-albright-coronavirus-cooperation/)  
byMadeleine Albright
* ![Marines in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4bed8d395d81cfa/698a0c0386f68e15b96ee833/hurricane-katrina-response-collective-will.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[What the Response to Hurricane Katrina Taught One Veteran About How We Help One Another](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809598/hurricane-katrina-response-collective-will/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![Citizens of Milan take to their balconies on March 13 to serenade their neighbors](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80d09c6e4f7597a9/698a0c088fd2ee5b43361126/isolation-photos-coronavirus-001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[From Making Masks to Delivering Food, See How Everyday People Are Helping Those in Need During the Coronavirus Outbreak](/collections/apart-not-alone/5808289/helping-those-in-need-coronavirus/)  
byTIME Staff


* ![Ellis’s Hydrangea, pictured at the end of summer](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bd825030a2d57e2/698a12b9b21a9c2482504130/miscarriage-grief.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[We Were Going to Call Our Baby Ellis. What I Learned About Grief After Losing 3 Pregnancies in 6 Months](/collections/apart-not-alone/5895135/miscarriage-grief/)  
byStephanie Land
* ![Potatoes](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6911dbce8542a3d3/698a0dac16d88431f1c381ac/potatoes.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[These Volunteers Are Rescuing Crops for People Who Need Food Right Now](/collections/apart-not-alone/5830239/food-rescue-coronavirus/)  
bySanya Mansoor
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5fede3d666ed61a/698a10294ee26269eb317b43/joy-of-singing-coronavirus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[After Coronavirus Stopped My Real-World Choir, I Found Joy and Solace in Singing With Strangers Globally](/collections/apart-not-alone/5864201/coronavirus-singing/)  
byTom Vanderbilt
* ![Undertaker during the COVID-19 crisis in South Africa, Johannesburg - 21 Jul 2020](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta88e485073354cfb/698a1145db29875e22265b5c/south-africa-covid-19.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The U.S. Can Only Defeat COVID-19 Through Global Solidarity](/collections/apart-not-alone/5878098/mandela-covid-global-solidarity/)  
byNdileka Mandela


## Apart Not Alone 2

* ![People hold an American flags as they participate in a ceremony to become an American citizen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3bfc8b111b989c6/698a0bfd656a3f2dc6bd9da9/common-ground-shared-rights-together.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Americans Can Find More Common Ground](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809172/common-ground-shared-rights/)  
byDavid French
* [How Students in Oregon Are Bridging the Rural and Urban Divide](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809203/bridging-rural-urban-divide/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![The Painted Ladies, a group of Victorian and Edwardian houses in San Francisco's Alamo Square Park, a popular tourist destination in San Francisco](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf1837a3cc33db3c/698a0bf986f68e06046ee81e/coronavirus-neighbors-san-francisco.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Best Way to Love Your Neighbor Right Now Is to Stay Home](/collections/apart-not-alone/5806859/coronavirus-stay-home/)  
byLaura Turner
* [These Women Traveled From All Over the Country to Provide Support to Asylum Seekers at the Border](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809202/angry-tias-and-abuelas-asylum-seekers/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta862af8446d482d2/698a0bf3096a94006d6a7eab/Michael-Tipsord-Headshot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[A Message From Our Partner: Thank You For Doing Your Part to Fight Coronavirus](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809176/sponsored-content-state-farm-thank-you/)  
byTIME Staff
* [How Do You Teach Empathy to Your Kids? Here’s What an Expert Says](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809204/teaching-empathy/)  
byTIME Staff


* ![Illustration of two people on a bridge surrounded by word bubbles](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee10e35bf6f4c897/698a0bfc457a5263b6d63bbb/civility-meaning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Word 'Civil' Has Become Meaningless. Here's a Definition We Should Consider](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809174/civility-meaning/)  
byKaitlyn Greenidge
* [His Home Was Destroyed by Floods. His Marriage Fell Apart. Now This Bishop Is Helping Others Through the 'Storms of Life'](/collections/apart-not-alone/5809201/bishop-jalen-whittleton-south-carolina/)  
byMadeleine Carlisle
* ![Coronavirus COVID Tablets](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9467df3e2a896578/698a0d3ce76ad207a5637928/coronavirus-covid-tablets.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Volunteers Are Collecting Tablets for COVID-19 Patients So They Don't Have to Suffer Alone](/collections/apart-not-alone/5826220/covid-19-tablets/)  
byJamie Ducharme
* ![Lit window in apartement house](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58bf4dfa5b7eb2ab/698a0d6f97cdff41976baaa6/sick-covid-19.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[I Thought I Could Handle Anything. Then My Husband Got Sick](/collections/apart-not-alone/5824463/coronavirus-asking-for-help/)  
byBelinda Luscombe
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a615f5522175eb0/698a0d6b97cdff419e6baa9e/Column-McCann-essay-covid.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Til’ Human Voices Wake Us: What If This Virus Can Teach Us to Change Ourselves?](/collections/apart-not-alone/5829556/colum-mccann-coronavirus-teach-us-change/)  
byColum McCann


Apart. Not Alone: Coming Together to Fight Coronavirus

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