Americans are coping with unemployment, hunger, and housing insecurity at levels that rival the Great Depression, according to Mimi Abramovitz, the Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Work at Hunter College and a professor of social welfare at The Graduate Center, CUNY. A prolific writer and researcher, she is among the noted policy experts calling for social security for all as a bridge to a better future. Listen to The Thought Project podcast as she expounds on this idea among others on how to mend America's frayed social safety net that has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.