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The pandemic could drive up Medicaid enrollment by 16%.

The recession is playing out much differently across wealth, race and gender divides. Some are bearing the brunt of the economic contagion, while others hardly feel a thing.

When San Francisco implemented its shelter-in-place order in mid-March, the coronavirus continued to spread through the city’s Hispanic population in parts of the densely populated Mission District, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco reported Thursday.

Soaring levels of food insecurity during the pandemic have placed millions of children at risk of hunger and other serious consequences.

In an effort to keep homeownerss and renters in their homes as they navigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, federal foreclosure and eviction moratoriums are being extended for two more months.

“Opportunity zones,” a key White House program aimed at reducing racial inequities, have benefited big real estate projects more than minority-owned small business, according to a study.

The extension by Comcast comes as the coronavirus continues to keep many students and employees at home, forcing them to rely on their own internet service for work and class.

Evictions are expected to spike as more states lift moratoriums put in place to offer renters relief during COVID-19.

More than 1 in 5 households is at risk of eviction, according to one real estate industry analysis.

The number of Americans unemployed for a long stretch of time has remained steady since the start of the year. Families and the broader economy could be in trouble if that changes.

The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it is taking additional steps to provide federal coronavirus relief funding to health care providers and hospitals that care for the poor and uninsured.

There are about 12 million low-income people who are at risk of missing out on the federal government’s stimulus payment program because they don’t have to file taxes, according to an estimate from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

COVID-19 is spotlighting health disparities; protests add urgency.

U.S. employers unexpectedly added jobs last month as the unemployment rate declined, signs that people are returning to work as states reopen their economies. President Trump celebrated the news.

The Treasury disbursed $146 billion in unemployment benefits in the three months through May, but claims totaled about $214 billion.

Enhanced unemployment benefits could push jobless Americans off safety net programs like Medicaid, food stamps and welfare, or reduce their financial aid.

Black employment rates are plummeting, and the evolving wealth and income hit could fall on the shoulders of those ill-equipped to bear it.

NPR’s analysis shows just how stark the impact has been on African-Americans and Latinos. Experts say the pandemic will go on — for everyone — unless we direct resources where they’re most needed.

Hardship programs appear to be helping many people pause payments and survive the economic shutdown so far. But not everybody is getting the help, and advocates see big potential trouble ahead.

As states reopen, tenants are facing the end of freezes on rent payments and evictions put in place at the start of the pandemic despite still-rising joblessness and a stalled economy.

Millions of low-income school children are still waiting receive federal help to buy food, even as the number of families having trouble affording groceries skyrockets.

Illinois will become the first state to provide Medicaid for undocumented seniors not only because of what state Rep. Delia Ramirez has heard from her