The Supreme Court found the Trump administration's effort to end the DACA program unlawful, but BPC's Theresa Cardinal Brown asserts that congressional action is needed to ensure permanent legal status for DACA recipients. Elsewhere, BPC's Bill Hoagland and Matthew Weil outline how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting rural communities and the ballot counting process.

The public health and economic crisis that COVID-19 triggered has put millions of low-income households at risk of eviction and homelessness and has widened racial disparities in housing and health outcomes. BPC developed policy recommendations to ensure Americans have safe, stable housing, and limit the impacts on low-income families and people of color.

Across the country, helpline calls from people with mental health and substance use issues are increasing at an alarming rate because of COVID-19. Addressing our nation’s current crisis calls for an integrated health care workforce and a health system that is better prepared to deliver both primary and behavioral health care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought absentee and by-mail voting to the forefront of national attention in ways few could have predicted. BPC's Election Project sat down with experienced state and local election officials to better understand the precautions that they take to make sure the absentee voting process is secure and reliable.