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Paige Clausius-Parks and Linda Katz Guest columnists Paige Clausius-Parks is a senior policy analyst at Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. Linda Katz is the policy director at the Economic Progress Institute. While many of us may feel relieved with increasing numbers of vaccinations in RI and the gradual return to our previous lives, many low-income Rhode Islanders continue to face deep economic hardship. This is especially true for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), children in low-income communities, and families headed by women. Historical policies rooted in racism policies that have barred and continue to limit access to wealth-producing opportunities have left these communities disproportionately exposed and vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the subsequent economic downturn. 

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