Julián Castro: Latinos grapple with 'the worst of all worlds' amid coronavirus pandemic. Latinos are on the front lines as farm workers, nurses, and services workers, while Latino small businesses owners are being hurt. - NBCLatino
. Castro told a personal story then of his mother at times shortening the grocery list to pay monthly bills and a memory of a family friend bringing a box of food to the family from the food bank.
His proposal called for allowing people who receive food stamps to be able to purchase food online with those benefits — something the federal government is now allowing a few states to do, so people using food stamps have the option to pick up curbside groceries and avoid going to the grocery store amid the coronavirus health crisis.
“This has exposed that we are not as strong a country as we thought we were,” Castro said. “We are not as strong economically. So many people are one missed paycheck from financial ruin and turning to a food bank for help.” Last week, Castro hosted an online chat with renowned chef Jose Andrés where the two discussed food insecurity and the pandemic. Andrés has been cooking and distributing free meals as aduring the coronavirus crisis, as he has after disasters such as Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico in 2017.
of Las Vegas and Clark County officials when they sent homeless people to a parking lot with painted off squares last month. He questioned why they were not using shuttered hotels.
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