Who exactly does Biden’s plan ‘rescue’?

The American Rescue Plan offers only short-term — and insufficient — fixes for persistent problems

( White House // CC-BY-SA)

A few days ago, after Joe Biden put his John Hancock on the new COVID relief package, his Twitter account ran a video of average people saying how they’ll spend the $1,400 stimulus check. Almost all of the folks giving testimonials…

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Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD

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Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD