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InProgress: A Weekly reCAP

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Taking Away Health Care Amid a Pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on America and continues to do so in ways that could have been prevented. More than 120,000 lives have already been lost as a result of the Trump administration's disastrous negligence. An additional 38 million people have had to file for unemployment and are struggling to survive. And now, at least 27 million of those who are unemployed are in danger of losing their employer-provided health care.

Key in the fact that due to structural racism, unemployment is highest among Black Americans-who already face far greater barriers to health care and are dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates-and it's the perfect recipe for further injustice and heartache for Black communities and communities of color. It shouldn't be this way. It doesn't have to be this way.

Here's a plan to provide the health care that so many need right now ? <[link removed]>
#DropTheLawsuit and #ProtectOurCare

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Millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and job-based insurance due to the current economic crisis are relying on the insurance options made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to keep themselves and their families covered. Yet still, in a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump and his allies are trying to strip health coverage from the 23 million people who rely on the ACA-all amid one of the worst public health disasters in history.
"Tweet this" <[link removed]>

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In the Spotlight
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Three Indicted for Ahmaud Arbery's Murder <[link removed]>

This week, the family of Ahmaud Arbery finally moved one step closer toward receiving justice as Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan were charged in the horrific killing of 27-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

The murder of Arbery, who was gunned down while on an afternoon jog, only came to light following the public circulation of a video of his killing and large public outcry. Although the police allegedly had access to the video for weeks, they failed to arrest or charge either McMichael until the video became public.

The indictments are welcomed steps toward justice. Now, we will await the full delivery of justice for Ahmaud. We must continue to demand real accountability from U.S. law enforcement and elected officials if we ever want to live up to the idea of a just America.

Read more from USA Today on the indictments ? <[link removed]>

[Related: Danyelle Solomon on the Delayed Arrests in the Arbery Case <[link removed]>]

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Major Stories This Week

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COVID-19 Data in Immigration Detention <[link removed]>

Although U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has slowly and reluctantly agreed to release reports on the spread of COVID-19 in detention facilities, gaps in the data raise significant questions and grave concerns.

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COVID-19 Response in Indian Country <[link removed]>

Currently, the Navajo Nation has the highest infection rate in the country. Once again, this crisis-and the underlying conditions tribal communities face-are the result of centuries of colonial violence and neglect that continue to this day.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Hits Communities of Color Hardest <[link removed]>

In order to promote health equity for all, it is crucial that lawmakers understand why and how this crisis could disproportionately harm people of color-and take steps to mitigate the effects of entrenched structural racism.

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Child Care Deserts Are Worsening <[link removed]>

The already worrisome child care crisis is expanding and likely to have an even greater impact on low- and middle-income communities, Black and Hispanic families, and rural families.
[See the map at ChildCareDeserts.org <[link removed]>]

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Resources on Dismantling Structural Racism and White Supremacy
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Atlanta Black Star
D.C. Statehood: Is America Ready for a Black-Dominated 51st State? <[link removed]>
In a 2016 interview, Michael Brown-a "shadow senator" representing Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill-discusses the critical importance of D.C. statehood.

Yahoo! Finance
COVID-19 is hitting communities of color harder <[link removed]>
Danyelle Solomon of the Center for American Progress joins Yahoo Finance's Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss the sharp economic divide between Black and white Americans that the coronavirus pandemic and police protests have highlighted.

Brookings Institution
The politics and history of the D.C. statehood vote. <[link removed]>
Brookings takes a historical look at the disenfranchisement of more than 400,000 people in Washington, D.C.-a majority of whom are Black and Latinx-who have been denied fair and equal representation.

Center for American Progress
Addressing Racial Trauma and Hate Crimes on College Campuses <[link removed]>
With more than 1,000 campus hate crimes reported in 2016 alone, universities must do more to slash fees, reduce wait times, and promote staff diversity at campus counseling centers nationwide.

Brennan Center for Justice
State Hate Crimes Statutes <[link removed]>
State laws against hate crimes vary widely, resulting in unequal protection from similar violent crimes in different jurisdictions.

The Los angeles Times
There's a Black jobs crisis. Coronavirus is making it worse <[link removed]>
Margot Roosevelt and Taylor Avery of the Los Angeles TimesA look into how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the jobs crisis for Black Californians.

Center for American Progress
Beyond 'Stand Your Ground': Florida's Other Racial Profiling Practices <[link removed]>
There are practices other than "stand your ground" laws that make it easier for the police to stop people of color and for individuals to get away with the "justifiable" killings of minorities.

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