There’s a lot to blame Senator Joe Manchin for if you’re someone who cares about things like abortion rights or not going out in a massive climate apocalypse.
But, Urban League President, Marc Morial, wants you to make sure that you add not being able to massively cut down on the number of Black children in poverty, to the top of your list.
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In an exclusive interview with The Root, Morial called the Senator’s nearly one-man crusade against the Build Back Better Act—which would have continued and grew pandemic relief policies, including continuing the expanded child tax credit–a major “setback,” for Black Americans.
The act’s child tax credit would have significantly narrowed racial differences in child poverty rates, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. And, if the child tax credit was permanently expanded, child poverty for Black children would have fallen by more than 50 percent, according to the Urban Institute.
“Build Back Better had tremendous opportunities to address economic disparities and poverty,” Morial told The Root. “It was something that would have benefited the African American community in housing, when it comes to child care, when it comes to education, and across the board.”
Source: Urban League: Failing to Expand Pandemic Protections is a Setback For Black Families
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