For a nation that claims to honor families, we’ve sure got a funny way of showing it.
When millions of Americans lost their jobs in just weeks after covid-19 hit, our society did not — for once! — demonize those who needed help but instead stepped up: expanding unemployment benefits, rental assistance and other aid.
Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post
Madison Colombo, Fox News
Lyman Stone, Peter Foreshaw Brookes, The Critic
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