Coalitions of care: Strategies for expanding substantive urban citizenship in U.S cities during the COVID-19 pandemic

What is it about?

This article shows how during the Covid pandemic, city officials collaborated with NGOs and religious institutions to provide the broadest level of care to persons living in their jurisdiction, regardless of visa or citizenship status. It also show that the trajectory of citizenship rights proposed by T.H. Marshall is reversed during the pandemic so that social rights are prioritized.

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Why is it important?

This is an important finding on local or urban/metro citizenship and migrant inclusion during a public health emergency, regardless of the legal status of migrants living in the city.