Securing Justice, Health, and Democracy against the COVID-19 Threat

Our federal government and all of our state governments are now fully engaged in fighting a national emergency of historic proportions. The scale of the emergency is roughly equivalent to World War II and will therefore require equivalent commitment on the part of Americans. So much work needs to be done that we ought all to focus on ascertaining how we can contribute. This paper is an attempt to sketch out a bird’s eye view of how we might most effectively think of our shared goals. We recognize that decision-makers and leaders must make decisions appropriate to the specific conditions they immediately face; we hope nonetheless that this sketch is helpful as they seek to make difficult decisions.