Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on tomorrow's expiration of the CDC moratorium on evictions and the desperate efforts underway to help low-income renters. And we look at the plight of potentially millions of Americans suffering from "long" covid, and the health, economic, and policy implications for the future. Finally, we share a hot-off-the-presses report about corporations and the Trump-era tax cuts. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
The 'worst national eviction crisis in U.S. history?' How you can help.
July 30
Just one day before a federal moratorium on evictions expires, House and Senate Democrats, the Biden Administration, housing advocates and local and state officials in some jurisdictions scrambled Friday to avert a nationwide humanitarian disaster. But one slim hope was dashed. The House of Representatives could not find the votes to pass an extension of the moratorium on its last day before recess. READ MORE »
America's next health challenge: How to care for millions with "long" covid
July 29
Even as the U.S. remains in the throes of the deadly pandemic, medical experts, health care advocates, and policy makers are turning their attention to a profound challenge: how to provide care and economic security for potentially millions of Americans facing long-term COVID-19-related disability. As of this week, some 34.5 million Americans are confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began – the number could be significantly higher. New, emerging studies show one fourth or more of the people who contract the virus suffer from some form of “long covid.” READ MORE »
New report: Corporate tax avoidance under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
July 29
A new report published this week by Matthew Gardner and Steve Wamhoff of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found that 39 profitable corporations in the S&P 500 or Fortune 500 paid no federal income tax from 2018 through 2020, the first three years that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was in effect. The 39 corporations were profitable in each of those three years and, as a group, reported to shareholders that they had generated $122 billion in profits during that period. READ MORE »
In case you missed it: CHN's latest Voices for Human Needs Podcast discusses the investments in paid leave and child care with advocate Joy Spencer, the Executive Director of Equity Before Birth, a member of MomsRising, and a single mother of a three-year-old. During our conversation, Joy shares how she is channeling her lived experiences as a working mother to advocate on behalf of improving health outcomes for Black mothers and their children in addition to expanding access to affordable child care options and paid leave opportunities for all working parents. READ MORE »
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