Vox: America is failing Black moms during the pandemic
The pandemic is making the maternal health care crisis worse. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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The pandemic is making the maternal health care crisis worse. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Vox: America is failing Black moms during the pandemic Read More »
Tuesday’s stock market record proves the definitive triumph of capital over labor in the era of COVID-19.
Axios: The triumph of capital over labor Read More »
It’s playing out differently this time, according to a new study by economists Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, and Michèle Tertilt. They find that this recession is hitting women harder. Between February and April 2020, male unemployment increased 9.9%; female unemployment increased 12.8%. The pandemic has ravaged in-person service jobs — at restaurants, hotels, pilates studios, retail outlets and so on — which are disproportionately done by women. Men are more likely to be able to work remotely, and male-dominated construction and manufacturing, while down, have also proven to be relatively pandemic-proof.
NPR: How The Pandemic Is Making The Gender Pay Gap Worse Read More »
Below-average evictions during the pandemic suggest a housing crisis might look different than a projected “tsunami.”
Bloomberg CityLab: Across American Cities, Evictions Are Down Read More »
“To raise the cost of refinancing and put a real barrier between American consumers and these lower payments is absurd at every level,” Broeksmit tells NPR. “And I just can’t understand, particularly as President Trump seeks reelection, why in the world they would do this.”
NPR: Want To Refinance Your Home Loan With Record Low Rates? Get Ready For A Hefty Fee Read More »
Some Black employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, his $80 billion philanthropic company, say his efforts are stymied by blind spots around race and the desire to appear bipartisan.
The Washington Post: Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to disrupt philanthropy has a race problem Read More »
Richard Rothstein, author of ‘The Color of Law,’ says it was government policy to keep African Americans out of white, working-class neighborhoods.
The agency is ending the 2020 census early. Tribal communities will be skipped over, leaving them poorer and politically weakened.
HuffPost: ‘Devastating’: The Census Bureau Is About To Severely Undercount Tribes Read More »
A century later, it’s past time to recognize the women of color who were sidelined in the fight for gender and racial equality.
A historic low-income-voter turnout in 2020 would mean a victory for Democrats.
The New York Times: Opinion | Who Holds the Key to a New America? Read More »
The cancellation of a speech reflects an intense debate on the left: Is racism the primary problem in America today, or the outgrowth of a system that oppresses all poor people?
A new generation of activists is trying to figure out where to concentrate its efforts. Residential desegregation is the final frontier.
The New York Times: Opinion | The Black Lives Next Door Read More »
Banco Nacion is the first bank in the world to adopt a quota for transgender people, the country’s banking union says.
Refusing to account for her “top cop” record risks squandering the energy and enthusiasm of the BLM criminal justice reform movement.
Vice: Black Lives Matter Isn’t Going to Just ‘Shut Up and Vote’ for Kamala Harris Read More »
Scholars and policymakers have proposed ways to fix the inequities between whites and people of color, including changes to Social Security and building wealth from birth.
The New York Times: America’s Retirement Race Gap, and Ideas for Closing It Read More »