Sarah Amy Harvard

Sarah Amy Harvard

Editor, Acronym

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.

Coronavirus Image via Shutterstock
Coronavirus Black, Latino Children Are Dying of COVID at Higher Rates. These Doctors Say Medicaid Expansion Can Help.

The overall number of children who have died from COVID is low, but 78% of the children who died were Hispanic, Black, or Indigenous.

September 18, 2020 2:05 pm EDT
Law and Policy Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Law and Policy Postmaster General Should ‘Resign, or Be Fired,’ Experts Testify in Congressional Hearing

Republican mega donor Louis DeJoy’s various dealings have also garnered criticism from members of his own political party.

September 15, 2020 9:14 am EDT
Education The University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, is home to one of the largest college outbreaks of COVID-19 in the United States (Shutterstock/Travel_with_me).
Education Over 8,700 Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported on College Campuses in August, Creating Turmoil This Fall

Without a national coronavirus strategy, colleges face testing students and quarantining them on their own, creating havoc as schools attempt to reopen around the United States.

August 31, 2020 2:47 pm EDT

The Latest

An American flag is in a classroom as students work on laptops in Newlon Elementary School early Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, which is one of 55 Discovery Link sites set up by Denver Public Schools where students are participating in remote learning in this time of the new coronavirus from a school in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Coronavirus Trump Keeps Lying About COVID and Kids As Schools Struggle To Report Case Numbers
Graphic via COURIER Coronavirus ‘Blood on Their Hands’: Americans Who Lost Loved Ones to COVID-19 Blast Government Response
Image via Shutterstock Courts Here Are Three Ways to Channel Your Grief Over RBG’s Death Into Action
In this May 28, 2020, file photo, mail-in primary election ballots are processed at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Voting Secrecy Envelopes Will Cause Electoral Chaos in PA, Official Warns