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"Equitable Communities Initiative Task Force To Guide $100 Million Investment In Seattle," The Seattle Medium, October 15, 2020
"Senate Democrats Call On Congress To Fix Racial Disparities In Health Care," NPR, October 1, 2020
"How to Make Sure City Budgets Prioritize Racial Equity," CityLab, September 28, 2020
"Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review," Portland Press-Herald (Maine), September 28, 2020
"Democrats unveil plan declaring racism a public health issue," The Hill, September 3, 2020
"Racial Equity Task Force Gives SJ Council Covid-19 Policy Advice," San Jose Inside, August 31, 2020
"Senate Democrats Propose $350 Billion Plan To Invest In Communities Of Color," Forbes, July 20, 2020
"Help reverse devastating health disparities by supporting the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act," The Hill, June 25, 2020
"Commentary: 'Reimagining' New York starts with New York Health Act," Albany Times-Union, June 21, 2020
"DPH Releases Plan To Address Coronavirus Impact On Communities Of Color," CBS Boston, June 20, 2020
"House Democrats aim to tackle racial health disparities linked to disproportionate Covid-19 deaths," CNN, June 18, 2020
"OPINION: In the age of COVID-19, California must remove barriers to food assistance with SB 882," The Hub, June 15, 2020
"Policies must address COVID-19 impact on minoritized communities," American Medical Association, June 10, 2020
"Health data, diversity task force bill passes state Legislature," Winchester Star (MA), June 1, 2020
"COVID-19 may be worsening opioid crisis, but states can take action," American Medical Association, May 28, 2020
"SF rolls out program to help low-income wage-earners who contract COVID-19," San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, 2020
"Big Questions for the Health Policy Community Emerging From the Coronavirus Crisis," Kaiser Family Foundation, May 21, 2020
"States Lead The Way in Responding To COVID-19 And Advancing Innovative Health Policy Solutions On Many Fronts," Health Affairs, May 18, 2020
"Strengthening SNAP is the most effective way to address the growing hunger crisis," The Hill, May 16, 2020
"Mayor de Blasio Announces COVID-19 Heat Wave Plan to Protect Vulnerable New Yorkers," NYC Mayor's Office, May 15, 2020
"Mass Senate passes a bill on health data collection, creates COVID-19 diversity task force," WWLP, May 13, 2020
"Boost the Safety Net to Help People With Fewest Resources Pay for Basics During the Crisis," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 28, 2020
"Teeter: Five steps for state health policy in a post-COVID world," State of Reform, April 28, 2020
"Lawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’," Kaiser Health News, April 28, 2020
"Trusted research can guide equity-focused policies addressing COVID-19," The Hill, April 24, 2020
"New Online COVID-19 Model Reveals How Lifting or Extending Different Social-Distancing Measures Will Affect States," Massachusetts General Hospital, April 24, 2020
"Gov. Edwards Announces Funding to the Health Equity Task Force to Examine Causes and Solutions to COVID-19 Racial Disparities," News 15 Layafette, Louisiana, April 24, 2020
"Michigan task force to address disproportionate impact of coronavirus on black communities," NBC News, April 23, 2020
"Massachusetts House bill seeks to root out racial, geographic disparities from coronavirus pandemic," MassLive,, April 23, 2020
"‘A Perfect Storm’: Health Disparities Faced by Black America Sparks Calls for Action," NBC Bay Area, April 23, 2020
"Lawmakers seeking policy changes in response to racial disparities in COVID-19 infections, deaths," The Times of Northwest Indiana, April 23, 2020
“Flint taskforce formed to address racial disparities following COVID-19,” ABC 12 Flint, April 22, 2020
“Gov. Murphy signs legislation requiring racial data for all COVID-19 cases in New Jersey,” The Trentonian, April 22, 2020
“Oakland Forms Task Force To Address Racial Disparities Of Coronavirus Pandemic,” CBS SF Bay Area, April 17, 2020
“Pennsylvania launches task force to address coronavirus outbreaks among minorities,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 15, 2020
“Edwards creating task force on virus’s racial disparities,” Associated Press, April 10, 2020
“Gov. Whitmer assembles task force to tackle coronavirus racial disparities,” Detroit Metro Times, April 9, 2020
"COVID-19 racial disparities: Lawmakers call for action," Fox St. Louis, April 7, 2020
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