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Friend,
As the ultra-contagious omicron variant spreads and COVID cases skyrocket, the CDC has responded by prioritizing corporate profits over public health—while devaluing the lives of disabled and immunocompromised people.
Throughout this pandemic, our government has failed to take the widespread action we’ve all needed to be safe.
Across the country, we’re seeing students and teachers take matters into their own hands, organizing strikes and walk-outs to demand better masks, regular testing, and more. And they’re bringing about change in their school districts.
Thankfully, starting tomorrow, the Biden administration is offering four free at-home COVID test kits per household. Click here to order yours.
This is a good start, but our federal government must do more to address the systemic problems that got us here.
Rashida has been pushing for this from the start of the pandemic, when she immediately began introducing transformative legislation and shining a light on the pandemic’s disproportionate health and economic impacts for Black people, as well as Indigenous people and other people of color.
She knew what we needed early on. For example:
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We need Medicare for All, and a healthcare system that adequately addresses the needs of Black and brown people, who’ve faced disparate health impacts before and during this pandemic.
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We need to pay people at least $2,000 a month to get by, especially now that families have to make do without the expanded Child Tax Credit. While billionaires have amassed immense wealth during the pandemic, everyday people are still living paycheck to paycheck.
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We need paid leave so people can take time off to care for themselves and their loved ones without the fear of losing their jobs.
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We need to support and listen to the most vulnerable people who are already bearing the brunt of this crisis, including immunocompromised people, disabled people, people in prisons, and unhoused people.
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We need to invest in communities, not corporations. It’s time to level the playing field between CEOs and workers, and to narrow the ever-widening racial wealth gap.
Rashida is one of the rare political leaders who understands the urgency and the root causes of the systemic breakdowns we’ve seen during this pandemic—and who’s pushing for bold change to address people’s needs.
Can you chip in $5 or more now so Rashida and our team can keep fighting for systemic solutions at the scale we desperately need?
Thank you for being part of our squad. And since it’s difficult to access needed supplies such as masks and tests, here are some places you can purchase those online:
- Team Rashida
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