Economic and Health Disparities

“More people will move to poverty as a result of the pandemic. And the estimate is at least half a billion to a billion people....I think that might push back a little bit the shift to a greener economy. And this is where I hope that the...

“A sociologist...said that pandemics fracture society along known fault lines. And that is so true. Every single one of the issues that we have historically worked on that are at the core of what we do has been touched and exacerbated by...

“The Wall Street Journal last week reported that 41% of the African American businesses have stopped transacting and stopped conducting business and have closed up, which is a true tragedy. They don't have the banking systems, which limited...

“I certainly hope this is a unique moment where we will have profound conversations, not only about our own lessons or our own challenges, but about the future of humanity....This lockdown gives us the opportunity to have long conversations...