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Why the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19 is a “dereliction of duty”

The COVID-19 crisis has cast a glaring light on U.S. social inequalities, hitting low-income people and people of color the hardest. But it didn’t have to be this way, says Reverend William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign, pointing to the government’s inadequate response. “We’ve had three so-called ‘rescue bills.’ Not one bill provided healthcare for everybody and the uninsured in the midst of a pandemic. Not one bill provided living wages in the midst of a pandemic. Not one bill guaranteed that your water couldn’t be cut off,” says Barber. “It is a dereliction of duty, really, by the White House and the Congress.”

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