Segments From This Episode

• Parents turn to private “pods” to school children

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.

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• Hospitals scramble to switch to government’s new COVID reporting system

  by Erika Beras

  

  While the idea has advantages, the transition away from CDC system may create new problems for hospitals, which had little notice and are struggling with limited resources.

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• Pandemic forces small farmers in Mexico to adapt

  by Rodrigo Cervantes

  

  Some farmers are trying to reinvent their businesses by selling in new ways.

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• USCIS budget shortfall could mean a longer wait for immigrants

  by Andy Uhler

  

  The department said staff furloughs could be coming unless Congress sends $1.2 billion its way.

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• How one of the U.S.’s most iconic companies nearly flickered out

  by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann

  

  Author Tom Gryta explains how General Electric’s place in the economy fell so quickly.

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• Trump Fed nominee advances in Senate despite support for gold standard

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Judy Shelton’s unpopular view sheds light on why the U.S. and most other economies abandoned linking their currencies to gold

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