/tags/blmhtx BLMHTX en-US Copyright Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00:43 GMT /news/2021-04-09/abandoned-by-everyone-else-neighbors-are-banding-together-during-the-pandemic Mutual aid is a centuries-old practice in which communities provide support for their neighbors. Volunteers across the country who spent that past year delivering groceries to the elderly and immunocompromised, providing food and first-aid to Black Lives Matter protesters, or raising money for the nearly 10 million Americans behind on rent amid the pandemic say mutual aid has become a vital form of COVID-19 relief and fundamental to the fight against systemic racism. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00:43 GMT /news/2021-04-09/abandoned-by-everyone-else-neighbors-are-banding-together-during-the-pandemic Dorothy Hastings, PBS NewsHour