Segments From This Episode

• The recovery for restaurants is slowing down

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Roughly 1 in 6 U.S. restaurants are currently closed, and 100,000 may not survive the year.

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• “Dark stores” fulfill online grocery orders — but for how long?

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  The pandemic led to more people shopping for groceries online. But that trend may not hold.

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• As wildfires continue, air quality impacts farmworkers — masks requirements vary

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  California has regulations, but it’s been hard to get PPE to workers in the fields. There’s no federal standard.

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• The natural gas well that changed everything

  by Daniel Yergin

  

  In this excerpt, Daniel Yergin writes about a man’s determination to extract gas from underground rock denser than concrete.

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• Political groups spend millions to turn out new voters

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Finding and educating previously unregistered voters — and getting them to the polls — is an expensive business.

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• Months into the pandemic, dentists are finding their new normal

  by Erika Beras

  

  Patient loads are still down. And the cost of PPE is way up.

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• With some college sports on hold, an opportunity for esports to thrive

  by Jasmine Garsd

  

  Schools are trying to get esports programs started during the pandemic.

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