'It is well overdue for the government to do its part and put protections in place to give Black women the peace of mind they need to flourish at home and at work.'
We can’t pare down family leave. Sorry, we just can’t. The lack of protections likeavailable to working mothers have only become more apparent during the pandemic, driving literally millions of mothers out of work.
We can't take advantage of tax credits in the same way as married couples, receive inadequate child support, and are more likely than any other demographic group to fall below the poverty line. More than 1/3 of single-mother-headed families are defined as poor because their total income is under their family's threshold. We can’t afford to send our children to daycare. We can’t afford adult care. We can’t afford not to work when we are sick.
It is a mammoth piece of legislation Senator Manchin, I agree. But if you and the Senate have learned anything this past year- from the expedition of vaccines for a global pandemic to the passing of the $1 trillion+ bipartisan infrastructure plan- I hope it’s that being historically conservative is what’s causing this dire need for monumental, transformational change.
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