Apr 8, 2020

COVID-19 is not “the great equalizer”

Staff and volunteers hold a drive for personal protective equipment to donate to hospitals in Chicago, where 70% of people who have died from COVID-19 are African American. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Plus, converting hotels into homeless shelters, when recession turns into depression and our new embrace of processed food.

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COVID-19

COVID-19 is not the great equalizer; it's hitting black communities hardest

by Jasmine Garsd

Apr 8, 2020

"We're talking about some fundamental issues in terms of how our society is ordered and structured," one professor says.

Staff and volunteers hold a drive for personal protective equipment to donate to hospitals in Chicago, where 70% of people who have died from COVID-19 are African American.

Scott Olson/Getty Images

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To house the homeless, agencies turn to vacant hotels

by Amy Scott

Apr 8, 2020

Homeless people are much more likely to contract COVID-19 — and to die from it — than the general population.

Congress has set aside $4 billion for homeless assistance during COVID-19. Above, a doctor with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic speaks with homeless people about the coronavirus in San Francisco, California on March 17.

Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

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Global trade in goods could fall by as much as 32% this year

by Mitchell Hartman

Apr 8, 2020

Even a smaller decline is likely to have a knock-on effect.

WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo said the amount by which goods being shipped will fall is "ugly".

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During lockdown, packaged comfort foods are back

by Nova Safo

Apr 8, 2020

Consumers are seeking comfort and convenience in their foods as they endure lock downs.

Craving something salty and familiar during the pandemic? You're not alone.

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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For steel business, pandemic poses new kind of uncertainty

by Kai Ryssdal , Alli Fam and Andie Corban

Apr 8, 2020

The coronavirus makes planning and logistics even more difficult for industry coming off trade war with China.

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Jobless Brits urged to "pick for Britain" as COVID-19 blocks foreign farmworkers

by Stephen Beard

Apr 8, 2020

Students and the unemployed are asked to help harvest crops that could go to waste.

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Music from the episode

Sailing Through Rainbows of Sound Richard Houghten

It Is What It Is Blood Orange

Cypress Tycho

Notion Tash Sultana

Eyes To The Wind The War On Drugs

Tidal Waves The Shacks

Day Is Done John Prine

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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