Even before the coronavirus crisis, there were 140 million poor to low-wealth Americans who could not afford a $400 economic emergency.
Barber, whose nonprofit grassroots organization is a revival of the one started by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led to the 1968 Poor People's March on Washington, estimates that 62 million working Americans fail to earn a living wage.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaking at the Poor Peoples Moral Action Congress taking place at Trinity Washington University in Washington, June 17, 2019.Lili Farhang, co-director of Human Impact Partners in Oakland, California, a group that researches and advocates for policy and systems changes to advance health equity, says she's worried that the effects of the public health pandemic will continue to exacerbate economic and health problems for poor communities long after it subsides.
"I just think there is this huge question about what the longer term implications are going to be if they don’t provide long-term coverage," Farhang said.She said she's also worried about low-income employees deemed essential such as food delivery workers, home-care providers, day-care providers, grocery store and pharmacy workers, and truck drivers delivering freight to restock stores.
People line up outside GLIDE, a charity that offers free meals, a shelter and other services to the homeless, March 20, 2020, in San Francisco. As California authorities said they were working to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the homeless population, homeless people congregated as usual in parks and on sidewalks, despite orders to stay 6 feet apart and practice social distancing.
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