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Apr 28, 2020

COVID-19 aid and inequality

Criticism that smaller and minority-owned businesses didn’t get their fair share from the first round of Paycheck Protection Program money. Wireless and internet carriers are extending grace periods. Apple and Google are set to release their joint contact tracing tool.

A small business owner fills out an online form for pandemic financial aid. Payments for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program are due this year. — A small business owner fills out an online form for pandemic financial aid. Payments for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program are due this year.
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Segments From This Episode

Apple, Google plan to release contact-tracing tool this week
by Jack Stewart
Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
But what assurances are there that the data is private?
Minority-owned businesses struggle to access emergency loans
by Amy Scott
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Many of their lenders were excluded from the Paycheck Protection Program.

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