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  • VICE News | May. 6, 2020

    Our Broken Unemployment System Is a National Scandal

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  • Detroit News | May. 5, 2020

    1 in 4 Detroit workers fight on front lines against COVID-19

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  • HuffPost | May. 5, 2020

    America’s Cash Assistance Program Appears Dead When People Need It Most

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  • Detroit News | May. 4, 2020

    UM: Before COVID about 14% of state residents were living in poverty, 29% near it

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  • The New York Times | Apr. 30, 2020

    States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That’s Hard to Undo.

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  • Detroit Today, WDET | Apr. 20, 2020

    Haven’t got a stimulus check yet? Find out if you qualify

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  • Detroit Free Press | Apr. 16, 2020

    Poor and homeless in Michigan at risk of missing out on stimulus

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  • Detroit News | Apr. 13, 2020

    Opinion: Federal stimulus checks may take longest to reach people who need aid most

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    Bridge Magazine | Apr. 10, 2020

    Opinion: Michigan’s coronavirus response must confront poverty and racism

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  • Oakland Press | Apr. 6, 2020

    Michigan’s African American community hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic

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