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Mayors in nearly a dozen cities, including Los Angeles and Atlanta, are pledging to explore direct cash payments to help residents deal with economic insecurity. The mayors say it is time to move forward with a policy that Martin Luther King called for during the uprisings of the 1960s: fighting poverty with a “guaranteed income” […] More
Clean water should be an American human right, not a government profit machine When it comes to water infrastructure, America’s challenges resemble those of a developing country. It’s time for that to change ‘Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, nearly 14m households were unable to afford their water bills.’ Illustration: Erre Gálvez/The Guardian How can it […] More
Corona in Corona: how the deadly virus shook a neglected neighborhood A woman wearing a mask in Corona, Queens. Photograph: Ryan Christopher Jones/The Guardian The toll the coronavirus has taken on the Queens neighborhood in NYC tells a story of race, poverty and inequality in America by Amanda Holpuch in New York Main image: A […] More
