As schools announce distance learning plans, working parents with school-age children must figure out how to ensure their children are in a safe learning setting while they work—an especially daunting challenge for families already facing key barriers and inequities.
Black-owned banks support Black communities, lending mostly to Black homebuyers and maintaining community lending even in tough economic times. Greater support for these banks and all community development financial institutions (CDFIs) would help increase capital access in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
In the aggregate, under a 70 percent income replacement, renters would receive roughly $10.4 billion in state and federal unemployment benefits per month. But households with higher incomes would see a big increase in monthly benefits, while households with lower incomes would see a sharp decline.
The US health care system has been failing pregnant Black women, and the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing shortcomings. One simple solution: listen to and believe Black women’s medical concerns.
Prepandemic projections of future federal spending show the children’s share of the federal budget decreasing from about 9 percent to about 7 percent over the next decade.
