[National Business League]
Ken L. Harris: “At this year’s conference, the NBL aims to spark the solution revolution as Black businesses are being severely impacted by the COVID-19 economic crisis and the country’s racial unrest.”
Photo: Twitter
CARES Act
Mount Vernon Mayor Joins Mayors for Guaranteed Income Coalition
[Mayors for A Guaranteed Income]
Mayor Patterson-Howard: “As a long time, advocate for cash-based policies that improve the economic outcomes for residents I am excited to join my fellow mayors in this coalition. Guaranteed income for Mount Vernon residents will be a game changer.”
Photo: City of Mount Vernon
COVID-19: Will Congressional Inaction continue with Lives at Stake?
[COVID-19\Congress]
ACLU: “The time to act is now: lives are on the line. Members of Congress, do your job.”
Photo: YouTube
Rep. Scott: Heroes Act would stop “Prolonged Economic Depression”
[American Economy]
Rep. Scott: “If President Trump and Senator McConnell continue to block a comprehensive relief package, our country will likely suffer a prolonged economic depression, which will have long-term consequences for local, state, and federal budgets.”
Photo: YouTube
Transit Advocates: At Least $32 Billion needed for Public Transportation
[U.S. Transit System]
Transit advocates demanded at least a $32 billion aid package for US transit agencies, many of the largest which face imminent financial collapse.
Photo: YouTube
Congressional Democrats to DeVos: Stop Robbing Public School Students
[Betsy DeVos\Privatization]
House Education & Labor Committee: “The Department’s rule is both substantively and procedurally improper and will divert precious resources from the nation’s public schools that serve 90 percent of all students and 99 percent of low-income students.”
Photo: YouTube
Coming Wave of Housing Evictions Will Deepen Economic Crisis
[Housing Evictions\COVID-19]
Morial: “The moratorium on evictions that was imposed by the CARES Act in March expired last week. The estimates on the number of Americans on the brink of eviction range from 10 million to 28 million.”
Photo: Facebook
November Election under Threat including by Republican Voter Suppression
[2020 Election]
Peace Voice\Moss: Donald Trump continually seeks to delegitimize voting by mail, characterizing it as a form of cheating. And, if this is not enough, U.S. intelligence officials again warn that other countries – particularly Russia…”
Photo: YouTube
CARES Act: Queens College President Urges Inclusion of DACA Students
[CARES Act\DACA]
Queens College President Wu: “There are profound humanitarian and moral reasons to include DACA recipients in the grants under the CARES Act.”
Photo: Queens College
