We can’t afford to let anyone swiftboat us on Bidenomics

By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “The truth is that the U.S. economy is a remarkable success story. Don’t let anyone tell you that it isn’t.” – Paul Krugman Earlier this year, the National Urban League launched our D3 initiative to Defend Democracy, Demand Diversity, and Defeat Poverty. The initiative to combat poverty emphasizes a comprehensive strategy centered on increasing access and equity across several critical areas, recognizing poverty as a significant national issue that jeopardizes the future prosperity of the United States. The plan includes expanding access to quality education and financial services, making child care and health care more affordable and addressing the high costs associated with higher education. It aims to improve social safety nets and create affordable housing while advocating for the decriminalization of poverty and fair pay through living wages. This initiative targets the root causes of poverty, particularly in communities of color and views the eradication of poverty as crucial for the nation’s moral and economic health. We prioritize these issues, because we know that there are political forces whose agenda conflicts with our progress and our continued work to keep building on progress and fighting for equity wherever and whenever...