[COVID-19\ CARES Stimulus Package]
Angelica Salas: “This country must protect every worker, including immigrants…At 15-19 percent of the country’s population, their suffering will affect all of us.”
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COVID-19 EXPOSES AMERICA’S RACIAL SEPARATION AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
[COVID-19\American Racism\ Wealth Inequlaity]
Rev. Jackson: “African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to die because we bear the pre-existing condition known as race…We are…40 percent more likely to die at an early age. Nineteen percent of us can’t afford to see a doctor.”
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COVID-19 PROVES WE NEED BAILOUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[COVID-19\Bailout]
The people need a bailout. They’ve been treading water—education, health care, student loan forgiveness, free daycare, infrastructure of clean and renewable energy are all the life preservers they need, not guns, not bombs…”
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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CONDEMNS TRUMP’S FUNDING CUTS TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DURING PANDEMIC
[Congressional Black Caucus\World Health Organization]
“The Congressional Black Caucus condemns the malicious treatment against the WHO and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus by this administration and encourages Congress to ensure proper funding for the organization to tackle this deadly pandemic.”
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ALL RACISM MUST BE REJECTED INCLUDING AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS
[COVID-19\Anti-Asian Hatred]
Debra Gore-Mann: “Let us stand together and reject discrimination and racism against all communities of color that pervade our institutions and that result in African-Americans getting infected at alarmingly high rates.”
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NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE FIGHTS FOR BLACK AMERICA AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
[Urban League\COVID-19]
Morial: “More than 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and African Americans are more likely to die than any other group…That’s why that Urban League Movement’s role as economic first responders is more important than ever before.”
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A TALE OF TWO GOVERNORS AND COVID-19
[COVID-19\Immigration]
From day one, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been assertive, bold, and successful in saving tens of thousands of lives…South Dakota’s Kristi Noem (R-SD)? Not so much.
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DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION REQUIRING COLLECTION OF COVID-19 RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS
[COVID-19\Racial Demographics]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: “Centuries of structural racism has created a system where African Americans and other communities of color struggle to access quality health care – making the current crisis even more deadly.”
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JAMES SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER COVID-19 SICK LEAVE RESTRICTIONS
[COVID-19\Sick Leave\Trump Administration]
James: “The paid sick leave and emergency family leave provisions of the FFCRA were enacted to protect public health and to provide economic security to working families. The Trump Administration’s rule makes it harder.
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CHICAGO MAYOR ANNOUNCES MOBILIZATION ACTIONS TO STOP COVID-19 TRANSMISSIONS AMONG HOMELESS
[COVID-19 & Chicago’s Homeless]
Mayor Lightfoot: “Unlike many of us, our residents experiencing homelessness cannot simply close their doors to this disease, and that’s why we have rapidly escalated our citywide system to prevent transmission of this disease.”
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