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by Arielle Kane, Director of Health Care
In order to save lives and mitigate the impacts of the economic shutdown, there is an acute need for national direction to orchestrate and coordinate medical supply production — and it needs to happen quickly.
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by Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist
Workers need to be compensated for their risk. Amazon says that “…we expect to go well beyond our initial $350 million investment in additional pay, and we will do so happily.” The food supply chains must remain open. Workers must be protected and compensated. It’s not a choice.
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by Brendan McDermott, Fiscal Policy Analyst
Congress was right to ramp up UI spending, but it should also address the long-term weaknesses in the UI system that this crisis has laid bare. Lawmakers had to crudely raise UI benefits by a flat amount to accommodate outdated computer systems, and some UI claims systems are failing completely as demand for benefits surges.
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by Colin Mortimer, Director of the Neoliberal Project
Elections have been thrown into doubt as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States. There is good reason to be worried; these elections represent a unique threat to public health. However, action needs to be taken to ensure that the legitimacy of these elections is not jeopardized.
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by Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist
This very unique crisis is creating very unique problems. One is how to get food and other essentials from warehouses all over the country into stores and delivered to people’s homes. This is not optional. The supply chain cannot shut down.
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by David Osborne, Director of the Reinventing America's Schools Project
Lest anyone still thinks the teachers union in Los Angeles cares a whit about school children, its president, Alex Caputo-Pearl, has again demanded that L.A. Unified School District block any expansion of charter schools. These schools educate almost a quarter of Los Angeles County’s public school students—and do it far more effectively than district-operated schools.
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by Curtis Valentine, Deputy Director of the Reinventing America's Schools Project
The $2.2 trillion Corona Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities (CARES) Act appropriated $30.75 billion for education—almost half of which will flow to “Local Education Agencies.” These LEAs include both school districts and many charter schools or networks. But charter laws differ from state to state, and many charter schools authorized by school districts do not have legal status as LEAs.
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