MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER.

• Date: 01 April 2020
• Author: Lueders, Bill

Much of this issue of The Progressive, focused on poverty, was written, edited, and even already laid out on pages as the rapid advance of COVID-19 forced dramatic changes in American life. We made what tweaks we could and replaced a few offerings, but the package is mostly the same and, we think, more relevant and vital than ever.

That's because, in the weeks and months ahead, the working poor will be among the pandemics primary targets as they continue to provide essential services. The people on the frontlines of this public health crisis--the ones who can't simply stay home and wait it out--are low-wage workers in what are now high-risk professions: health care providers and nursing home staff, grocery store clerks, child-care providers, drug store employees, bus drivers and truckers, gig economy...