Click through national news stories these days and you could be easily confused about how our economy is doing. Click one story and you can read that the stock market is soaring — a “record-breaking” year, some call it. Click another and read that one in six Americans struggle to get enough to eat.
Readers are likely to find themselves reflected in one or the other of those recent stories, not both.
While no income group or community has been untouched by COVID-19, the economic recession it has triggered may be the most unequal in modern history. Underlying economic and racial disparities have been heightened. Continue reading.