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It is painfully clear that in any event, America has a lot of work to do
Updated January 12, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Weâre far from the normalcy all deserve
I understand when I hear cries for a return to normalcy. But we cannot return to a normalcy that accepts the forced homelessness of millions of poor people and families, and that forces millions to choose between health care and feeding their children. We cannot accept a normalcy that keeps more than half the population living paycheck to paycheck, teetering on the edge of poverty and despair. We cannot accept the normalcy of workers treated as disposable cogs in the wheels of commerce, whether in supermarkets, in nursing homes, in offices, or on the farms and in the factories that provide the nation with food. We cannot accept a normalcy where millions of students leave school under the crushing weight of bank debt. We cannot return to a normalcy that endorses the caging of more adults than any other nation.