Letter to the Editor: Pandemic widens the gulf between ‘haves, have nots’
Alana Wells (in a Nov. 14, 2020 file photo) directed traffic as hundreds of cars lined up to pick up food donations at Lindenwood Christian Church in Midtown. “This pandemic has widened the gulf between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’,” letter writer Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells says. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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‘Those whose careers and income streams remained intact see the pandemic very differently than those who have lost their vocations and their income, and fear losing their homes,’” writes Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells.
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