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Jasmine Garsd

Senior Reporter

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COVID & Unemployment

The unemployment rate in some neighborhoods is triple the national average

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 12, 2020
In parts of the South Bronx, the unemployment rate was estimated to be nearly 30% in August. Nationwide, it's a little less than 8%.
Felix Pinzon, an unemployed construction worker, pushes a cart of food donations in May in the Bronx.
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Elections 2020

Jaime Harrison raises record $57 million in S.C. Senate race against Graham

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Jasmine Garsd and Alex Schroeder
Oct 12, 2020
The explosion in Democratic donations has been connected to concern about the fate of the Supreme Court.
Harrison's $57 million is highest quarterly fundraising total for any Senate candidate in U.S. history.
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COVID & Unemployment

Fears grow as prospects for financial relief recede

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 7, 2020
With more federal relief in doubt and COVID-19 cases on the rise again, Americans are struggling to get by.
Protesters demand more economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic in Time Square in August.
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COVID-19

With fewer coming attractions, more cinemas are closing

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 5, 2020
Straight to video might be the only way studios can do business for a while.
A Regal Cinemas movie theater stands closed in Manhattan last month. The movie theater chain's parent company Cineworld announced it would close theaters in the U.S. and U.K. temporarily.
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COVID-19

COVID economy fallout keeps hitting already impoverished neighborhoods hardest

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 1, 2020
People are struggling as winter approaches, and local businesses are only sort of open.
People line up for food donations in May in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, where locals say the lines outside food pantries are like nothing they’ve ever witnessed before.
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COVID-19

Many lower-income students are abandoning higher education due to COVID-19

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 30, 2020
COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis is putting even more pressure on low-income and first-generation college students.
Around 100,000 fewer high school seniors completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to attend college this year.
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California hits the brakes on gas-powered cars

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 25, 2020
Insiders say the ban just accelerates the inevitable.
Even with the ban on new sales of gas-powered cars, it will take awhile to get them off the road.
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COVID-19

Hollywood has a back-to-work agreement

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 24, 2020
More actors and crews are returning to work as production ramps up with new rules and protocols in place to keep coronavirus from spreading on sets.
A sign at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.
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The WeChat ban will have economic effects, too

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 18, 2020
In addition to the bans on downloads and updates, users in the U.S. won’t be able to make payments through WeChat.
Millions of Americans use the WeChat app to send money to family back in China.
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COVID-19

Will gyms go extinct?

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 17, 2020
The pandemic is reshaping how, and where, we get exercise. Many gyms are out, exercise apps are in.
People exercise in workout pods at a gym in Redondo Beach, California, in June.
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