A man joins in a protests against the unemployment system on May 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)OAKLAND, Calif. - People have already lost their jobs.
And their health insurance. Fears about how Americans will pay the rent and buy food have been growing since the spring. And now, there's another looming crisis: 12 million Americans will also be cut off from unemployment benefits the day after Christmas.
And this crisis, not surprisingly, will affect people of color the most. When the $600-a-week federal unemployment stimulus ended in July, many Americans could no longer make ends meet without the additional aid from the CARES Act.