Poll Reveals COVID-19’s Impacts on African American Communities

Today, NAACP, in partnership with the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) and the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) at Yale School of Medicine presented new polling detailing the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on African American communities. The poll is the first of its kind, with a deep dive […] Read more »

The Phony Coronavirus Class War

… Lately some commentators have suggested that the coronavirus lockdowns pit an affluent professional class comfortable staying home indefinitely against a working class more willing to take risks to do their jobs. Writing in The Post, Fareed Zakaria tried to make sense of the partisan split over coronavirus restrictions, describing […] Read more »

Majority of Americans who lost a job or wages due to COVID-19 concerned states will reopen too quickly

Last week’s report on unemployment underscored the catastrophic impact the coronavirus outbreak has had on the U.S. economy. The focus in many states has now turned to reopening businesses and getting people back to work. However, most Americans – including 68% of those who have lost their jobs or taken […] Read more »

COVID Impacts Quickly Hit the Economy, American People

Households across the United States continue to face severe economic and social hardships as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to late-April, results from the COVID Impact Survey’s second week of data collection (May 4-10, 2020) suggest that economic, health, and well-being measures improved little across the country. CONT. […] Read more »