June 5, 2020

Needless death afflicts this nation. As racism caused the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others, so are death, sickness, and hardship from the pandemic disproportionately inflicted by race. Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of Whites. Blacks and Latinx are more likely to be unemployed, more likely to go without food, and more likely to be unable to pay rent. With levels of joblessness far higher than during the Great Recession, and those without jobs far more likely to be uninsured, federal solutions and investments remain essential. The Senate must join the House in enacting COVID recovery legislation similar to the House’s HEROES act.

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]108,278/ 1.87 million[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]Number of confirmed deaths/cases in the US, as of 6/5 from John Hopkins University. Click to tweet. [/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]54.6 vs. 22.7[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]Deaths from COVID-19 per 100,000:   (Based on data available in 40 states plus D.C., through May 19:  Black: 54.6; White: 22.7; Latinx, 24.9; Asian, 24.3. Navajo Nation, deaths rose from 140 to 259 people from May 27 to June 3. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]61%, 56%, 46%, 43%[/lgc_column]

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Households in which someone lost employment income since March 13 (through week ending May 26):

Respectively, for Latinx, Black, Asian, White households. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]13.3%; 9.6% [/lgc_column]

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Unemployment rate for May, for individuals:  13.3% (down from 14.7% in April)

Highest unemployment rate for Great Recession: 9.6%

• For Blacks: 16.8%
• For Latinx: 17.6%
• For Whites: 12.4%
• For Asians: 15%
• For Youth, 16-19: 29.9%      Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]21%, 16%, or 6% [/lgc_column]

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Percentage of people who sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the past 7 days:

• Black (21%)
• Hispanic/Latinx (16%)
• White (6%)

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[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]More than 3.5 times [/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]People in households where someone lost income from work were more than 3.5x as likely to be uninsured as people in households where no one lost work income (13% vs. 3.7%, week ending May 26). Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]More than one-quarter [/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]26% of Black households did not pay or deferred rent in April. Latinx: 20.6%; Whites: 11.8%; Asians: 10.5%. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]One-third[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]33.2% of Black workers in frontline industries live in near-poor families (below twice the poverty line), compared to 17.3% of frontline White workers. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]$35 billion vs. $640[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]Jeff Bezos of Amazon gained $35 billion from March 18 – May 19.  Two months of $2/hr. hazard pay to Amazon workers = $640 (gross).  Total cost of hazard pay = $800m. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”] Zero[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]Starting June 1, Amazon ended its $2/hour hazard pay increase. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]Down 1.535 million;
2X the Great Recession[/lgc_column]

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Loss of state and local government jobs from March to May, of which close to 1 million were in education.

That’s twice the job loss (750,000) from the Great Recession. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”30″ tablet_grid=”30″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”false”]Nearly two-thirds [/lgc_column]

[lgc_column grid=”70″ tablet_grid=”70″ mobile_grid=”100″ last=”true”]By 64% to 36%, voters oppose giving guaranteed immunity to companies from lawsuits in cases involving coronavirus infection. Tweet this.[/lgc_column]