Q+A: Heed this inequality wake-up call
THE CORONAVIRUS IS disproportionately affecting African Americans, but health inequality plagued the U.S. long before the virus arrived. Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, who represents Illinois’s 14th District and is the youngest black woman to serve in Congress, believes that better policy can help close the divide.
This has been tough. My congressional district is half suburban but also half rural. The different types of communities experience it differently.
