Prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide unrest of the summer months, local, state, and federal authorities are taking a fresh look at significant reforms to how the criminal justice system engages with those in its charge. One important area, affected by both the aforementioned crises, is the need to address how to maintain...
One thing these trying times have taught the entire nation is the vulnerability of our essential businesses to disruptions that can massively impact our society as a whole. One such disruption has been the COVID-19 pandemic and its crippling of the meatpacking industry. Practically every person living in the country is affected by the alarming...
It should come as no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is taking a larger economic toll on our most vulnerable populations. A 2016 study by Pew Research Center found that at $17,100, the median net worth of black households was less than one-fifth that of all U.S. households ($97,300), meaning they have much less in savings, if...