Defeating the Inequality Disease Must Become a Global Rallying Call
“COVID-19 is making the global inequality crisis much worse. It’s caused an estimated 120 million people worldwide to fall into extreme poverty. Since the pandemic began, billionaires’ wealth has increased by $3.9 trillion while workers’ combined earnings dropped by $3.7 trillion. The effects are split by gender and race. In the United States, just as in the rest of the world, frontline jobs are heavily staffed by women, who are among the lower paid. They are also more likely to have been laid off or left the workforce. People of color face higher unemployment rates, are more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19, and are less able to telework.”