Policy & Press

Lower-income Americans were twice as likely to lose pay because of COVID

"Now, new research from Brookings Institution researcher Ember Smith and Gallup economist Jonathan Rothwell offers a glimpse at just how uneven the physical and economic toll of COVID-19 has been. It's the latest data point that shows just how lower-income Americans, Americans of color, and Americans with lower educational attainment all bore a greater brunt of the pandemic's effects."

Disadvantaged Students More Likely to Be Learning Remotely, Study Finds

"A September study by the Brookings Institution warned that school closures would disproportionately affect students of color. Richard V. Reeves, a co-author of the study with Ember Smith, said the new data, which is more comprehensive, deepened his fear of rising inequality. He urged officials to consider reopening schools to protect poor students from enduring harm."