THE BIG DEAL—Protests highlight COVID-19's economic toll on African Americans: Protests around the country over the deaths of George Floyd and other black Americans at the hands of police come as communities of color suffer staggering losses to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis it created.
“It would be impossible to divorce the protests that are going on now from larger economic forces,” said Trevon Logan, an economics professor at Ohio State University, noting that African Americans are simultaneously fighting an epidemic of police-involved deaths and COVID-19 cases in cities across America.
It's about a whole bunch of things that people just maybe don't pay attention to along the way and a lot of that is stemmed from the economic impact of discrimination affecting these communities over time,” said Mehrsa Baradaran, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
USTR launches investigations into countries' digital taxes: The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday announced that it is opening investigations into digital services taxes that have been adopted or are under consideration in a host of trading partners to determine whether they are discriminatory and burden U.S. commerce.
Senate confirms Trump's watchdog for coronavirus funds: The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm President Trump's watchdog for the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
