Jul 27 Analysis: Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits By Cutler J Cleveland, Alicia Zhang, Jacqueline Ashmore, Taylor Dudley, The Conversation Working from home has become the new norm for many during the pandemic. But it's an opportunity that divides along racial and economic lines – and isn't as beneficial to the environment as many believe. Continue reading
Jul 27 As Congress fights, analysts warn economy needs help now By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press As Congress and the White House resume their efforts to agree on a new economic aid package, evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is faltering. And so is concern that the government may not take the steps needed to… Continue reading
Jul 24 Two Detroit students test positive for COVID-19 after attending summer school By Associated Press More than 250 students have been tested since U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow’s order Tuesday mandated tests as a condition for attendance. Continue reading
Jul 24 Wall Street dips as tension mounts between U.S. and China By Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic remains the most dominant force in markets, with its potential to destroy lives and economies. But other risks are also bubbling up, headlined by Friday's worsening relations between the United States and China. Continue reading
Jul 24 WATCH: Pelosi says Republicans in 'disarray' over COVID rescue bill By Laura Santhanam and Associated Press Fears of coronavirus have sparked an historic recession in the U.S. economy, and millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Continue reading
Jul 23 Mexico opens anti-monopoly probe amid oxygen price rise By Associated Press An official at a Mexican pharmacy association said Thursday that "what little we could hold of went by 200 percent" in price. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 8:06 Some parents may be pushed out of the workforce due to lack of child care By Paul Solman In the U.S., child care was expensive and difficult to obtain long before the pandemic. But coronavirus has closed schools, forced parents to work from home and shuttered some care facilities for good. With COVID-19 surging in much of the… Continue watching
Jul 23 'This is not working.' Parents juggling jobs and child care under COVID-19 see no good solutions By Laura Santhanam When the pandemic forced day cares and schools to close across much of the country, the stress of child care fell upon millions of parents of children who feel they must choose between their jobs and kids, often multiple times… Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Trump calls off GOP National Convention in Florida, citing coronavirus By Associated Press Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug. 24. Florida was to have hosted four nights of programming… Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Pelosi, Schumer call on GOP for better virus relief By Associated Press GOP senators and Trump are at odds over priorities, and Democrats say the Republican plans are not nearly enough to stem the health crisis, reopen schools and extend aid to jobless Americans. Continue reading