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InProgress: A Weekly reCAP

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A Critical Flaw In Our Search for a Vaccine
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Hundreds of trials are underway to develop treatments and vaccines to address the coronavirus pandemic. But a huge flaw in clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment must be both recognized and remedied : Women, along with transgender men; nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people; people of color; and pregnant and lactating people have historically been excluded and underrepresented in clinical trials. Each of these communities has unique conditions that must be understood and monitored when evaluating treatments' safety and effectiveness and whether or not such treatments can ultimately be deemed successful.

No measures to treat and prevent the coronavirus will be truly successful if they are not effective for large swaths of the population; a failure to provide a vaccine and treatment that works for these populations is a failure to protect the public's health more broadly.

To continue to ignore this gap in research and trials amidst the deadliest global pandemic in a century puts the globe's health and financial security in jeopardy and is a risk we cannot afford to take. Here is what the U.S. government and drug manufacturers should do ? <[link removed]>

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CAP Experts Explain: Should Schools Be Reopening?
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Laura Jiminez <[link removed]>

With the fall fast approaching, the issue of how and when to reopen schools is at the top of the minds of millions of Americans. In this video, Laura Jiminez, director of standards and accountability for K-12 Education at the Center for American Progress, explains <[link removed]> why schools cannot safely reopen until school infrastructure receives attention and funding from Congress.
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See Also: 3 Principles for Reopening Schools Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic <[link removed]>

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In the Spotlight
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The United States' Breach of Trust in Indian Country


Tribal communities have faced some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the world. The Navajo Nation alone has seen higher infection rates than those in Wuhan, China, at the height of the pandemic. This crisis-and the underlying conditions that tribal communities face-are the result of centuries of colonial violence and neglect that continue to this day. Many tribes have also faced the brunt of the economic downturn as their lifeblood enterprises in gaming and hospitality are closed for business during the pandemic. At the root of all these vulnerabilities are the broken promises that the federal government made to tribes in the constitutional process of signing treaties to acquire their lands.

In a recent report <[link removed]>, CAP laid out immediate and long-term policies to address both the pressing coronavirus crisis and the structural inequities that have made Indian country more vulnerable to health crises. Tribes are telling the federal government exactly what they need; the onus is now on the government to listen. Read more ? <[link removed]>

Share this video on Twitter <[link removed]> to help hold the Trump administration accountable for its ongoing violations of trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes.

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Major Stories This Week

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DACA Applications Must Resume <[link removed]>

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful. As of today, the Trump administration is in open defiance of the ruling.

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4 Actions Colleges Can Take To Address Police Brutality <[link removed]>

As the nation continues to grapple with the systemic racism embedded in its policing, colleges must wield their social, political, and economic power to address police brutality and demonstrate values of racial equity.

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Schools Reimagined for Equity <[link removed]>

A new education agenda must be rooted in the idea of opportunity for all, with equity in access at the center. This means developing policies in partnership with everyday people, with a lens on how these policies will affect students from historically underserved and underresourced communities.

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<Actions To Reverse Health Care Sabotage <[link removed]>

Repairing four years of marketplace sabotage will be just one of many health-policy-related challenges facing the next administration. Here are administrative actions that can not only reverse the Trump administration's Affordable Care Act marketplace sabotage but also further lower premiums and improve its functioning.

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Resources on Dismantling Systemic Racism and White Supremacy
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The New York Times
Protests Continue Daily in Louisville. Here's a Look at 45 Days of Marches <[link removed]>

GQ
A Brutal Lynching. An Indifferent Police Force. A 34-Year Wait for Justice. <[link removed]>

Center for American Progress
Fighting Systemic Racism in K-12 Education: Helping Allies Move From the Keyboard to the School Board <[link removed]>

Essence
We Must Do Better Fighting For Black Trans Lives <[link removed]>

Center for American Progress
For Actor Bambadjan Bamba, the Battles for DACA and Racial Justice Are One and the Same <[link removed]>

NPR
CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions' <[link removed]>

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