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The Next Pandemic Stimulus Bill Must Be Race-Conscious

Posted: 04 Sep 2020 11:26 AM PDT

As Congress struggles to agree on a new stimulus bill to support people during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's vital that we recognize what didn't work in the first stimulus through the CARES Act. One thing has become shamefully clear: Congressional leaders' lack of attention to the deep structural racial inequities that undergird economic fragility and joblessness in the first place has resulted in far too many Black and Latinx Americans being left out and left behind. There is still an operating belief in a "rising tide lifts all boats," a term attributed to President John F. Kennedy that proclaims government economic policy should focus on broad economic efforts.