Segments From This Episode

• Big jump in unemployment benefit claims from gig workers

  by Erika Beras

  

  More people are relying on gig work, which puts a lot of risk on the workers themselves.

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• How the Biden administration can undo some Trump policies

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Sometimes all it takes is a signature. Other cases require allies in Congress or the courts.

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• Biden: Yellen needs a “Hamilton” musical. Dessa: Here you go.

  by Marketplace Staff

  

  We asked indie rapper and “Hamilton Mixtape” contributor Dessa to write a song about the first woman poised to be treasury secretary. Listen here.

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• United, weighed down by losses, aims to nimbly navigate COVID storm

  by Andy Uhler

  

  The airline expects first-quarter operating revenue to shrink as much as 70% from the same period two years ago.

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• China’s vaccine diplomacy begins critical test in Brazil

  by Scott Tong

  

  China has been aggressively promoting its COVID-19 vaccines around the world — to provide a public good, boost its pharmaceutical industry and gain geopolitical allies.

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