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Culture Shock: Low-income minorities are facing many new problems during this pandemic

By Colbi Edmonds | March 30, 2020 The coronavirus is disrupting everyone’s lives, but it is particularly devastating for the low-income minority cohort. I’m not sure that the government is doing enough. Minorities “are more likely to experience multidimensional poverty” than someone who is white, according to the American Psychological Association. So during a crisis […]

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Coronavirus layoffs: Macy’s, Kohl’s furlough store workers, other employees

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

Hundreds of workers being furloughed by department store giants Kohl’s and Macy’s By GEORGE AVALOS | March 31, 2020 SAN JOSE — Macy’s and Kohl’s disclosed plans on Monday for companywide furloughs, including their department stores, a move that seems certain to worsen the forbidding economic woes linked to the coronavirus. Macy’s and Kohl’s have

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New Minimum Wage Legislation Will Strengthen Virginia’s Families & Economy

Closing The Wage Gap / Karl Kramer

By Lowkell | March 30, 2020 From the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis: New Minimum Wage Legislation Will Strengthen Virginia’s Families & Economy Nearly 800,000 people will benefit, including essential workers during COVID-19 In the 2020 session, the General Assembly passed historic legislation to increase the minimum wage in Virginia for the first time in

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