Oct 26 As virus resurges, so does fear of more economic pain By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press With confirmed COVID cases surging across the country, there is the risk that the economy could weaken again as more people choose to hunker down at home — and that even more stimulus might be needed next year than negotiators… Continue reading
Oct 26 1 million pounds of food daily feed Houston’s hungry By Anita Snow, John L. Mone, Associated Press Distributions by the Houston Food Bank now average about 800,000 pounds (363,000 kilograms) daily after reaching the unprecedented 1 million pound mark for the first time in the spring. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 4:19 Pandemic pauses the growing season for this Arctic gardening guru By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media North of the Arctic Circle, in the tiny Alaskan village of Anaktuvuk, one woman is trying to expand agriculture in a climate largely hostile to it. Nasaġraq Rainey Hopson has successfully grown fresh produce for her community for several years,… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 7:44 The deeply unequal economic consequences of the pandemic The last jobs report before Election Day showed the smallest monthly gain since May, raising concerns about a slowing and deeply uneven economic recovery. About half the initial 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic have been added back, but… Continue watching
Sep 29 The pandemic will likely make America’s eviction crisis even worse By Megan Jula, Knowable Magazine A “scarlet E” can be the catalyst for a chain reaction of calamities, and COVID-19 piles on. Continue reading
Sep 11 1 in 10 Americans don’t have enough food. The pandemic is making things worse By Laura Santhanam Data is starting to catch up to the real-life fallout of dueling health and economic crises, and shows that households of color and those with less income are disproportionately affected so far. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 7:44 How economic factors are putting people of color at greater risk for coronavirus By Yamiche Alcindor, Frank Carlson Black and Latino Americans are suffering disproportionately from the novel coronavirus pandemic -- both in terms of health and economic harm. These groups are three times as likely to contract the virus as white Americans and nearly twice as likely… Continue watching