Will the U.S. Covid-19 Aid Package Be The Safety Net We Need? Yes and No.

The CARES Act will help overcome glaring gaps. But workers and small businesses may not receive aid in a timely fashion. And assistance to immigrants, those without health insurance, and many low-income families will be severely limited.

Covid-19, Economy, Immigrant Voices, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseApril 1, 2020

Covid-19 Shows Why Wrongly Labeling Workers As 'Contractors' Must Stop

The Covid-19 outbreak and the massive economic dislocations it has induced have brought renewed attention to the lack of benefits, including employment-based health insurance coverage, typically experienced by workers classified as independent contractors.

Inequality and Poverty, Immigrant Voices, Covid-19, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseMarch 25, 2020Economics

How To Slow The Bleeding: The Action The Coronavirus-Infected Economy Needs

Elected officials have asked businesses and workers to shut down and cease what they do out of justifiable public health concerns. The first order of business for economic stimulus is to make whole those whose jobs ended because public safety demanded that.