To everyone feeling anger and grief
We join you in grieving the recent senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans, and we call out the ongoing and historic inequities in America that have led to the outpouring of understandable anger and frustration. Read a short statement from President & CEO Calvin Gladney.
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Cities advance Complete Streets policies
A new report from CityHealth finds that 90 percent of the nation’s 40 most populous cities have medal-worthy Complete Streets policies on the books. The report makes a case for building safer streets to improve the overall health of cities, especially in the era of COVID-19.
All eyes on Congress as they negotiate a fourth phase of COVID-19 relief
With the country still in urgent need of more economic relief from the pandemic, Congress continues to be deadlocked on producing a legislative package. In the latest proposal, Senate Republicans unveiled the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act last week—their latest legislative response to COVID-19 following the HEROES Act passed by the House more than two months ago.