Dear John,
In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog stresses the importance of coming up with a plan to vote (safely!) and shared resources toward this end. And we unveil this week's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting low-income and other vulnerable people. Please share!
This week on the blog...
Make a (healthy) plan to vote
Oct. 9
This election is too important to wait until the last moment. We all must take extra effort to plan ahead. We all must make sure we don't let this opportunity to stand up for our shared priorities and vote to protect human needs go by. We can't afford not to vote READ MORE
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
Oct. 9
“Altered state” edition. President Trump, infected by COVID-19 and then taking a number of powerful medications, called off COVID-19 negotiations, then urged continued talks for a limited package, then was quoted as calling for a bigger package. He was interviewed saying he was cured by his drugs, but that he might not have needed them, and suggested that he was not contagious – even as more than 30 people in his immediate orbit became infected. Speaker Pelosi, who was attempting to negotiate relief, speculated that the President was “in an altered state.” Hard to tell, but two themes were emerging: resistance to even compromise levels of state and local aid sought by Democrats and whipsaw reactions to Wall Street downturns, as stocks plunged whenever it appeared there would be no deal. READ MORE »
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