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A logo sign outside of a Piggly Wiggly retail grocery store location in Charleston, West Virginia on May 29, 2020. July 2020
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A general view of workers and community allies who are entering the second week of a hunger strike for additional funding in the state budget for workers who have been excluded from federal and state aid for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic at Judson Memorial Church on March 23, 2021 in New York City. March 2022
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A man smells a wine glass in black and white, his eyes are cut out with newspaper food critic reviews on top of a white napkin and coffee brown background. October 2021
U.S. restaurant criticism was evolving well before Covid-19. The pandemic revealed why critics need to keep embracing change.
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