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Millions of America’s working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic

By Rebecca Hasdell, Alice Milivinti and David Rehkopf | August 7, 2020

The earned income tax credit lifts around 6 million of the working poor out of poverty every year, but with the economy hammered by COVID-19, many might not get the benefit they need.

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Asian Americans invisible in COVID-19 data and in public health response

By Namratha Kandula and Nilay Shah | June 16, 2020

In Illinois and beyond, specific action is needed to better understand how the pandemic is impacting Asian American communities especially at risk of infection.

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Is your neighborhood raising your coronavirus risk? Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger

By Jeremy Németh and Sarah Rowan | May 29, 2020

Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.

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Essential US workers often lack sick leave and health care – benefits taken for granted in most other countries

By Paul F. Clark | May 8, 2020

American workers tend to lack many basic benefits that are incredibly common in other countries, a situation the ‘Essential Worker Bill of Rights’ aims to remedy.

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We call workers ‘essential’ – but is that just referring to the work, not the people?

By Zachary Jaggers | May 8, 2020

There’s a disconnect between how many low-wage workers are being described, and what they’re experiencing on the ground.

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Black Americans are bearing the brunt of coronavirus recession – this should come as no surprise

By William M. Rodgers III | May 8, 2020

Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.

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ROUNDUP: Resistance in Chicago and Illinois as stay-at-home order extended

By Asraa Mustufa | May 1, 2020

As COVID-19 deaths spike and another month of shutdown kicks in, residents across the state are demanding more from officials.

Coronavirus

Flatten whose curve? COVID-19 response overlooks built-in racial inequities

By Aresha Martinez-Cardoso and Robert Vargas | April 30, 2020

The focus on individual behaviors, lack of health services and inadequate data reveal a public health infrastructure designed to protect wealthier and whiter communities while leaving the most vulnerable behind.

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How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk

By Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Eric Hoyt, JD Swerzenski and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas | April 11, 2020

Service workers are some of the most at risk of both the coronavirus and financial woes.

Coronavirus

ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak

By Asraa Mustufa | April 10, 2020

Stark disparities in the impact of the crisis emerge as the state marks one month of staying at home and officials are pressed to do more to protect the most vulnerable, including essential workers and the incarcerated.

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