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The American Rescue Plan includes many key provisions to support people who have been ravaged by the pandemic. The Senate must rapidly approve the bill.
The Equality Act may help members of the LGBT community when they face discrimination on the job, but it doesn’t address the discrimination that keeps us in low-paying jobs and continually falling into poverty.
A value statement doesn't dismantle generations of injustice deeply entrenched in our ways of doing and governing, but publicly acknowledging that racism—through structural disadvantages and the “weathering” of daily experiences—is a public health crisis gives us a place to start.
We can't afford to forget Black history. If we don't learn from the past, we're likely to repeat it.
This article quotes Wendy Cervantes about how children and youth in congregate settings causes immediate and long-term harm to mental, emotional, and physical health.
Alycia Hardy was quoted from a panel discussion she spoke on: “Women are often the default parent when it comes to having to leave the workforce to care for children.”
"'Colleges should also conduct outreach to their students to inform them of these changes and notify them that they may be eligible for SNAP under this temporary legislation, and how to apply,' Ashley Burnside, a policy analyst at CLASP, wrote in a blog post."
In this blog, Molly Bashay argues for subsidized jobs as a proven strategy to tackle the current job crisis.
"By increasing tuition, universities close themselves off to historically marginalized populations, Banerjee said."
This feature piece discusses how Marlen Mendoza is mobilizing an Iowa City women’s collective that helps immigrant women and women of color launch their own home businesses.