This month's cover features a photo of In America: Remember, a September 2021 art installation that memorialized the U.S. victims of COVID-19. Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, along with a team of volunteers, placed nearly 700,000 white flags on the National Mall in Washington, DC-one for each death. In a Washington Post op-ed, she explained that the project was "an effort to reclaim the dignity of 700,000 people who have become reduced to a single number, a number too large to fathom." Firstenberg invited the public to handwrite dedications to lost loved ones on the flags; those unable to visit in person could submit messages online to be transcribed onto flags by volunteers. A gallery of the dedications is available at http://www.inamericaflags.org.

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In this issue, AJN's annual "Year in Review" closely examines the pandemic in its second year: the toll it's taken in the United States, especially in light of the divisive national discourse on vaccination; how it has reshaped the nursing profession; and its exacerbation of domestic and gun violence and psychological stress. Also see the Editorial, "2021: A Year of Hope and Heartbreak," which addresses the challenges of the past 12 months-and looks ahead to 2022 in hopes of better news.-Diane Szulecki, editor