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His Houston food truck business has become “very hit or miss”

by Alli Fam

Aug 11, 2020

With traditional revenue sources like office buildings closed, one food truck owner explains the challenges he's facing during the pandemic.

Jose Sanchez's new food truck business had just picked up when COVID-19 started closing office buildings, a major source of customers.

Courtesy of Jose Sanchez.

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"If we can't get it let's create it:" tech entrepreneur Rameish Budhoo on creating the Black Nation app

by Alli Fam

Aug 6, 2020

The Black Nation app started as a directory, and is now a social platform.

Image Courtesy of Rameish Budhoo

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The landlord who stepped up in the 'hour of need'

by Bennett Purser and Jonathan Frewin

Aug 3, 2020

A landlord in Kenya is helping his tenants get through the coronavirus crisis by suspending rent payments.

Tenants of this apartment complex in Kenya's Nyandarua County don't have to pay rent for four months as they navigate the coronavirus crisis.

Courtesy of Michael Munene

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Shifting the Black hair care industry back into Black hands

by Alli Fam

Jul 28, 2020

Maggie Anderson has dedicated herself to Black economic empowerment by buying from Black-owned businesses. But it isn't easy.

Courtesy of Maggie Anderson

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Older volunteers are a key part of the food bank economy

by Alli Fam

Jul 23, 2020

Why one 86-year-old started volunteering in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Becoming a small business owner during a pandemic

by Daisy Palacios

Jul 15, 2020

Erin Gomes, a new business owner in the Bay Area, faces unexpected challenges due to COVID-19.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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When finding fossils pays the bills

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Bennett Purser

Jul 14, 2020

How Schuyler Andrulat of South Carolina turned a lifelong hobby of hunting shark teeth into a job.

A secret fossil hunting location near Summerville, South Carolina.

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A family farm's quandary: small kids, no school and harvest around the corner

by Andie Corban

Jul 9, 2020

Soon the Schwagerls of Browns Valley, Minnesota, will need "all hands on deck." But they are facing fall with without child care or school.

Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images

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Subscription gelato may be one answer to a cool business climate

by Alli Fam

Jul 8, 2020

When impulse buys dropped, Gelateria Uli's owner had to find a new business model to keep the Los Angeles ice creamery afloat.

Courtesy of Uli Nasibova

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How one artist expanded her role during the pandemic and protests

by Maria Hollenhorst

Jul 6, 2020

Multimedia artist Atiya Jones says she makes art about “small, accumulative actions.” But the form of that art has changed during COVID-19.

A self-portrait of multimedia artist Atiya Jones, who started making and selling masks during the pandemic.

Courtesy of Atiya Jones

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