The Black Belt Needs More Than $1,200 to Survive COVID-19 May 8, 2020 Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. May 2020. Lindsey Hallingquest, development associate at the Economic Security Project, a... Read More
Pandemic steals most from immigrant working women May 8, 2020 Cal Matters. May 2020. A new study from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center found that non-citizen women in California are... Read More
Analysis: How the HEROES Act Would Reach ITIN Filers May 8, 2020 The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. May 2020. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released new data... Read More
Left Out: Why We Must Center Women of Color in the Next COVID-19 Relief Package May 8, 2020 Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. May 2020. Dominique Derbigny, deputy director of Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap; and Joce... Read More
Job losses have now hit 40% of low-income homes May 8, 2020 Politico. May 2020. A new report from the U.S. Federal Reserve found that one in five workers lost their jobs in March due to t... Read More
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Straining Families’ Abilities to Afford Basic Needs May 8, 2020 Urban Institute. May 2020. The Urban Institute’s new Health Reform Monitoring Survey found that 30 percent of adults are strain... Read More
The Safety Net Can Do Better for People with Poor Health and Disabilities April 8, 2020 Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. April 2020. Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar in poverty studies at the American Enterprise In... Read More
About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 April 8, 2020 Pew Research Center. April 2020. A new survey from Pew Research Center found that 43 percent of American households reported lo... Read More
What non-tax filers need to know about economic impact payments April 8, 2020 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. April 2020. Watch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new video on what non-tax fi... Read More
These Americans were left out of the stimulus package and still need help to weather the coronavirus pandemic April 8, 2020 Market Watch. April 2020. Sukhi Samra, director of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, and Stockton mayor Michael ... Read More
