Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that the state of California will be providing additional food stamp benefits to low-income families who have children that qualify for free or reduced lunch. These families will receive an additional $365 per child to use in the next two months in an effort to make up for the loss … Read more
Dr. Jarvis T. Chen and Dr. Nancy Krieger of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have recently published a paper, “Revealing the unequal burden of COVID-19 by income, race/ethnicity, and household crowding: US county vs. ZIP code analyses,” in which they examine COVID-19 disparities through an analysis of factors such as income, race/ethnicity, … Read more
The Nosy Crow has published a children’s book that aims to help parents and guardians talk to the children in their life about coronavirus. The book answers questions such as what is the coronavirus; how do you catch the coronavirus; what happens if you catch coronavirus; why are people worried about coronavirus; is there a … Read more
This interactive New York Times opinion article breaks down how much time a household would need to save enough money for a month’s worth of expenses during an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. For households earning more than $200,000 annually, it could take about two months. Households earning between $70,000 and $99,999 would need seven … Read more
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, announced this past weekend that the state has acquired 15,000+ hotel rooms for homeless people during the pandemic as part of the “Project Roomkey” initiative. Homeless people are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 as they do not have access to places to quarantine themselves and often suffer from chronic health conditions. … Read more
Forbes recently published an article about how it may be possible for debt collectors to seize a person’s stimulus check if they owe money for private student loans, credit cards, and/or medical bills. While the CARES Act protects against collection against most federal and state debt, it unfortunately does not protect against the collection of … Read more
The Washington Post recently published an article about how two black men wearing masks were followed throughout the store by a police officer at a Walmart in Wood River, Illinois. The article includes a link to the YouTube video in which the two men are seen walking throughout the store as a police officer follows … Read more
The Cook County Jail in Chicago has now become the largest known source of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. according to an article by the New York Times. As of last week, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has identified 238 inmates and 115 staff members who had tested positive for the virus, though this an … Read more
The New York Times recently published an article about how during the current pandemic socioeconomic disparities among college students have been amplified. The article shares the stories of two students at Haverford College who are both on the women’s lacrosse team and are teaching assistants for the same seminar course. While both students have similar … Read more
Charles M. Blow published an op-ed in The New York Times in which he discusses how, although many people believe otherwise, the coronavirus is not an equal-opportunity killer and that the ability to practice social distancing is a privilege that many of the poorest Americans do not have. Moreover, there are racial disparities in social … Read more
