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11 U. Miami Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 159 (2020-2021)
COVID-19 and the Caregiving Crisis: The Rights of Our Nation's Social Safety Net and a Doorway to Reform

handle is hein.journals/umrsj11 and id is 283 raw text is: COVID-19 and the Caregiving Crisis: The Rights of our Nation's Social Safety Net and a Doorway to Reform Leanne Fuith* Susan Trombley* In March 2020, the United States declared a pandemic due to the global Covid-19 virus. Across the nation and within a matter of days, workplaces, schools, childcare, and eldercare facilities shuttered. People retreated to their homes to shelter-in-place and slow the spread of the virus for what would become a much longer time than most initially anticipated. Now, more than a year into the pandemic, many professional and personal lives have been upended and become inextricably intertwined. Work is now home, and home is now work. Work is completed at all times of day and well into the night. Children and pets make daily appearances in our virtual meetings. In many ways, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a leveling experience. Everyone has struggled during the pandemic in some way even the most privileged. And, yet, in many ways the pandemic has also been incredibly stratifying. The United States is now in an unequal recession. ' One of the most * Leanne Fuith is an Associate Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Professor Fuith teaches in the areas of business formation and management, gender and leadership, professional identity formation, and critical lawyering skills. In addition to her teaching, Professor Fuith presents and publishes on topics including organizational management and culture, employment discrimination, and lawyer professional identity formation and leadership. Professor Fuith previously practiced business law, employment law, and commercial and employment litigation including matters involving discrimination, sexual harassment, and whistleblowing. * Susan Trombley is a 2021 Juris Doctor candidate at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Ms. Trombley is a law librarian for the State of Minnesota where she focuses on access to justice issues. 1 Greg Iacurci, The Legacy of 2020: Riches for the Wealthy and White, Financial Pain For Others, CNBC (Jan. 1, 2021), htus:/wwwcnbccoml202 1/1011the-covidrecession- brought-extreme-ineguality-in-2020.html (White, wealthy college-educated Americans 159

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