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A year into the pandemic, a look back at unemployment numbers
Mar 11, 2021

A year into the pandemic, a look back at unemployment numbers

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We try to get a sense of the scale and severity of joblessness over the past year. Plus, what it's been like to be a remote intern during the COVID-19 contagion.

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COVID & Unemployment

A year of pandemic unemployment, by the numbers

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 11, 2021
Three economists share statistics that depict the depth and length of the COVID-19 recession.
For the past 51 weeks, first-time claims have been higher than at any time during the Great Recession.
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Businesses plan to spend more money on themselves. What does that mean?

by Justin Ho
Mar 11, 2021
Greater capital spending is a sign that consumer demand is picking up and will probably continue to grow.
Capital spending involves large-scale business investments like buying machinery and building new workspace.
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New law dramatically expands access to health care subsidies

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 11, 2021
Lots of low- and middle-income folks who didn’t qualify for subsidies before will now.
Under the new law, nobody will have to pay more than 8.5% of their income on health insurance.
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COVID-19

Craft store, rooted in hands-on learning, pivots online to survive

by Kai Ryssdal , Daisy Palacios and Minju Park
Mar 11, 2021
Amelia Freeman-Lynde wanted to show people the joys of handcraft in person. The pandemic forced her to transition to e-commerce.
Amelia Freeman-Lynde owns Freeman's Creative in Durham, North Carolina. "So much of running a small business is trying to anticipate what's coming next," she says. "And we can't do that right now."
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Workplace Culture

How do interns learn about the workplace when there is none?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 11, 2021
The programs are less about casual networking and observation in a remote world. Remote internships need more direction, one expert says.
"There's no observation, really, there's no serendipitous contact," in remote internships, says Marianna Savoca of Stony Brook University.
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Music from the episode

Sunrise The Kooks
Goodness Emancipator
Dusty Blue Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band
Raspberry Jam Allah-Las
On It Maestro Nightmares On Wax
Ooh Wee (feat. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife & Saigon) Mark Ronson, Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife, Saigon

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Bridget Bodnar Producer
Daisy Palacios Producer
Sean McHenry Associate Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Associate Producer
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COVID-19
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