iStockphoto To get bipartisan support, the CARES Act that Congress recently passed left many people out. Last-minute adjustments addressed some issues, but the Act does little for Americans who already face barriers and have no social safety net upon which to rely during this public health and economic crisis.
Future federal relief bills must include the pre-existing circumstances of Americans and provide communities with expanded, recurring guaranteed income payments that last, at least, through the coronovirus-triggered economic downturn.
This pandemic has been most costly for those already marginalized: low-income Americans and communities of color. Early data suggests that black Americans are […]
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