Widespread hunger and unemployment drove millions of Americans into food-lines during the Great Depression of 1930; but no one could have predicted that scenario repeating itself some 90 years later, in the land of plenty, plump with the prospect of the American...
Will your vote be counted as we move to mail-in-voting this election year? The odds may not be in your favor. The advent of COVID-19 has disrupted an already contentious US election cycle and precipitated conditions that could derail the voting process in Election...
It’s Tuesday morning, and teacher Tamya Daly has her online class playing an alphabet game. The students are writing quickly and intently, with occasional whoops of excitement, on the little whiteboards she dropped off at their homes the day before along with coloring...
Can schools safely reopen though the pandemic shows little sign of waning and educators stumble towards the first day of school in the absence of a clear cut strategy? The answer is uncertain. In early July President Trump demanded that schools “open quickly,...
More than 20 million renters who are unable to pay rent are at risk of eviction as $600 weekly federal subsidies and eviction moratoriums that gave temporary relief expire on July 30. As lawmakers spar over extended unemployment benefits, millions of displaced workers...
Our paychecks and mental health took a beating in the pandemic, say Americans. The Census Bureau agrees. The results of its experimental Household Pulse Survey confirm that’s where American households have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus...
