How Prince George’s County’s top leader battled inequity during a global crisis

As Angela Alsobrooks navigates through the orange cones and caution tape guiding her county’s residents toward a COVID-19 vaccine, her shoulders visibly relax. The masked Prince George’s County Executive stops to chat with vaccination volunteers and shot recipients alike, offering elbow bumps as a token of her thanks. After 13 months of sickness, death and charting unknown territory, she’s seeing a path out of the dark.