Washington Post: Millions of U.S. grandparents care for young kids — and are high risk for covid-19
Over 6 million children in the United States live with a grandparent.
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Brookings: America’s Inequitable Housing System Is Completely Unprepared For Coronavirus
In the face of a global pandemic, what are food service, retail and hospitality workers supposed to do?
CNN: Coronavirus Is Already Disrupting The 2020 Census
As coronavirus shuts down large parts of the US economy and millions of Americans limit social interaction, the Census Bureau is preparing to send thousands of workers into communities to assist in the decennial headcount.
Wired: How Social Distancing Became Social Justice
Like Me Too and Black Lives Matter, the Flatten the Curve movement has fomented a profound reckoning with privilege and inequality.
The Baltimore Sun: Maryland delegates OK housing anti-discrimination bill based on tenants’ source of income
After more than two decades of failure, Maryland lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that makes it illegal for landlords to discriminate against tenants based on how they pay their rent, including with government housing vouchers.
QNS: Congressional hearing held in Jamaica shows modern-day redlining persists in Queens
“Redlining is among the unfinished business of the Civil and Human Rights Movements,” Texas Congressman Al Green said.
Inc.: Remember That Company With the $70K Minimum Wage? 5 Years on the Results Suggest More Businesses Should Follow Suit
In short, Gravity Payments put the American Dream back within financial reach for its employees.
The New York Times: The Economy Is on the Edge, and Trump May Push It Over
The economic impact of the coronavirus requires a stronger federal response. Congress needs to be careful about the timing.
The Washington Post: Charles Barkley is selling memorabilia to build affordable housing in his Alabama hometown
“So, what I’m trying to do — I want to work with the city of Leeds, I want them to give me the spaces, number one. I want them to give me the houses, and I’m going to use my own money, selling my memorabilia.”
The Urban Institute: The Termination of LIBOR An Update on Implications for the Mortgage Market
The authors see signs of progress, albeit less than might have been expected.
The Washington Post: Living without a living wage
At the ever-growing bottom of the American economy, a low-wage worker becomes a minimum-wage activist
USA Today: Midwest Farmers Face a Crisis. Hundreds Are Dying By Suicide.
More than 450 farmers killed themselves across nine Midwestern states from 2014 to 2018. Meanwhile, calls to Farm Aid’s crisis hotline soar.
CNN Business: Wells Fargo Chairwoman Quits After Maxine Waters Called For Her Resignation
Wells Fargo Chair Betsy Duke resigned abruptly Sunday, just days after Representative Maxine Waters called for her ouster.
Black Enterprise: The Rise of Black Businesses and Homeownership Won’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
”[Policymakers should] challenge its fundamental assumptions and ask why it is homeownership––an institution irrevocably imbued with racism––that is the suggested path to financial security in the first place,” the University of Georgia scholars group wrote in a statement.
The Wall Street Journal: As Market Booms, Wells Fargo Financial Advisers Struggles
Wells Fargo executives maintain that the bank’s wealth-management operation is close to turning around.
