In this time of social distancing and the swirling mass communication around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Urban Institute brings you a series of Critical Value podcast episodes to hone in on top-of-mind concerns about our nation’s response to COVID-19.
Critical Value aims to illuminate how research and policy affects people. We talk with experts and highlight the best available data and evidence to elevate the debate on topics that matter. In this special series on the coronavirus pandemic, we explore data-backed policy solutions to housing insecurity, economic fallout, and the unique vulnerability of people who live and work in correctional facilities across our nation.
In the podcast episodes below, host Justin Milner brings you closer to the experts and to insightful conversations that shine a light on the pandemic’s unknowns.
Correctional facilities are ripe for rapid transmission of the coronavirus, putting residents, corrections staff, and the broader community at risk. Host Justin Milner talks with experts in medicine, human rights, and public policy about coronavirus risk in prisons and jails.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is larger than any other plan of its kind in modern history. Urban experts explain how the new law provides support payments to Americans and expands unemployment insurance.
The coronavirus is already having widespread, dramatic effects on our economy—particularly for the most financially vulnerable. In this episode, an Urban economist and a tax policy expert talk about the pandemic’s economic impact and how we can respond.
The coronavirus poses a particular threat to people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Tune in for a conversation about how the pandemic affects those experiencing homelessness and those on the edge of becoming homeless and what policymakers can do to help.
