As the virus advanced on the nation and spared not a single community, it also inflamed the difficulties that many families already were enduring in pre-pandemic times: Gun violence, hunger, poverty. In Wilmington, Delaware, gun violence is up nearly 50% from last year. Tiffany Porter, who is 32 and lives in Ward 8, has long struggled to protect her five young children. “You can’t take your child to the playground without hearing gunshots.”Unable to find a job during the pandemic, Porter said she has relied on disability payments to make ends meet. Still, Porter said she fears that even after the pandemic ends, her children will struggle to escape the cycle of poverty and community violence that has scarred their young lives.

Source: bd News24 December 30, 2020 05:47 UTC