Dear John,

In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog questioned whether states and localities are ready for the Nov. 3, 2020 elections -- and found in many cases they are not. And we looked at the potential difficulty of safely evacuating from an approaching hurricane in the era of COVID-19. 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 Nov. 3, 2020: A colossal disaster in the making?
June 12
Anyone following the news knows the calamities that have come to characterize 2020: a coronavirus pandemic, a Great Depression-like economic collapse, and police violence born of systemic racism. On top of all this, election observers say Nov. 3, 2020 – Election Day in the U.S. – could result in the largest mass voter disenfranchisement than at any time since the era of poll taxes and literacy tests in the 1960s and before. READ MORE »

COVID-19 and social distancing: What happens if a hurricane strikes?
June 11
With the arrival of hurricane season, local emergency responders as well as public health officials are asking, how can people practice responsible social distancing if they find themselves suddenly ordered to evacuate to high ground? The question is by no means academic. When Tropical Storm Cristobal first achieved tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico’s Bay of Campeche on June 2, it marked the first time in recorded history that three storms had achieved tropical status this early in the hurricane season. READ MORE »

CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
June 12
States are allowing businesses and other facilities to reopen, usually with some restrictions. COVID-19 is not done, though. We have passed the 2 million mark for cases in the U.S. and half the states plus Puerto Rico have seen cases trending up in the past two weeks. While some people are going back to work, close to half of all households (nearly 120 million people) include someone who lost income from work, with Latinx almost 1.5 times as likely to experience lost earnings as White households. 12 million of the poorest among us have not gotten help they are eligible for, and growing numbers have not had enough to eat or been able to pay their rent. READ MORE »

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