Dear John,

In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog asked whether America's safety net is safe enough in this era of pandemic. And we called for a "new New Deal" for working moms in low-paying jobs. Finally, we unveiled CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting low-income people. Please share!

This week on the blog...

COVID-19 and the safety net: Is it safe enough?
May 21
Luis of Clearwater, Florida, was furloughed from his job on March 18. He applied for unemployment, but after two months, still had not heard back from the state and had not received a cent in compensation. He is not alone. Nationwide, millions of Americans have been unsuccessful in their efforts to access unemployment; some have not even managed to apply due to factors including crashed web sites, busy signals, and lack of adequate staffing in unemployment offices. READ MORE »

Working moms deserve a new deal
May 20
The United States currently faces an economic crisis of climactic proportions. Working families who were already teetering on the brink of financial insolvency now face mass unemployment and a deeply uncertain future. In an economy in which women make up nearly two in three workers in low paid jobs — nearly half of whom are women of color — the burden of this economic collapse will fall disproportionately along gendered and racial lines. We need a new New Deal that does not leave out domestic workers and farmworkers like the first one did, but rather sets workers up for stability both during this crisis and in the recovery to follow. READ MORE »

CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
May 22
Joblessness is skyrocketing; families are running out of food, losing health insurance, and failing to pay rent. Congress must respond NOW! Check out CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship. READ MORE »

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