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August 8, 2020
It is indisputable that minority businesses are key drivers of sustained U.S. economic growth, and it is also indisputable that Black businesses will disproportionately suffer greater fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic. As evidenced by the fact that while the number of active business owners in the United States plummeted by 3.3 million, or 22 percent over the crucial two-month window from February to April 2020—and that losses were felt across nearly all industries—Black businesses experienced a 41 percent drop according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
August 6, 2020
Fifty-five years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law.
August 5, 2020
Amendment prohibits federal funds from being used to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
August 5, 2020
Rep. Joyce Beatty took office the same year. “I can remember feeling and listening to our male counterparts discounting us,” the Ohio Democrat says. As the newcomers settled in, everyone seemed to recognize the men. But those same people didn’t bother to learn her name.
August 4, 2020
Supports Franklin County initiative to support hard-hit Black-owned businesses during pandemic.
August 3, 2020
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty spoke with NBC 4's Colleen Marshall about the pending coronavirus relief package and what she hopes that it contains.
July 31, 2020
This week, our nation said goodbye to a national treasure and the world one of its greatest fighters and defenders of freedom and justice.
July 30, 2020
Bill would create a national holiday for Election Day 2020.
July 29, 2020
Introduces legislation prohibiting debt collections during and 120 days after a national disaster.
July 24, 2020
41 percent of black-owned businesses, 32 percent of Latino-owned businesses, and 36 percent of immigrant-owned businesses have permanently shuttered during the Coronavirus Pandemic.