COVID-19’s Economic Impact is Hitting Communities of Color Harder, Too
Credit: The Commonwealth Institute
Virginia is seeing massive amount of unemployment, and massive amount of claims for unemployment insurance. But, some groups are being hit harder than others. Michael Pope reports.
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