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We’re Not Ready for School
How we as a country prepare for and deal with the upcoming school year will reflect our values and priorities.
Do we value each other, and by each other I mean all us, whites and people of color, women and men, children and senior citizens, essential workers and teachers and medical professionals, the sick and the healthy?
Or are we slaves to the almighty dollar and our perceived freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want, unwilling to make sacrifices for the greater good, at any cost, including our very lives?
We’re about to find out.
Our collective response to the rapidly approaching school year will be like a mirror reflecting back to us what we truly value.
Now’s the Time to Show (Not Say) We Care About Women
Unemployment because of the pandemic has hurt women more than men, and the women who have held onto their jobs now face the possibility of a widening of the persistent, unfair gender pay-gap.
Black women have carried more than their fair share of the economic impact, being twice as likely as white men to suffer financially.
We celebrated Mother’s Day just weeks ago. But it’s working mothers who have been impacted by the pandemic the most. Not only are mothers losing their…
