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As Congress deliberates on disbursing a second round of economic relief to small businesses and individuals suffering in the wake of COVID-19, Ward 6 Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks expressed concerns about how majority-black communities and black-owned businesses were left out of the first round. File Photo by Imani Khayyam

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