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Delaying COVID-19 relief could do lasting damage
Oct 7, 2020

Delaying COVID-19 relief could do lasting damage

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Protesters demand more economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic in Time Square in August. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
Plus: holiday shopping in a pandemic, how your grocery stores work and why bad teeth can hold back your career.

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COVID-19

Without more relief spending, the recovery's likely to stall

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 7, 2020
And that's likely to hurt families who are already stretched to the limit.
President Trump gives a thumbs up upon his return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 05. The president said he was ending stimulus talks Tuesday, but later backtracked.
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COVID & Unemployment

Fears grow as prospects for financial relief recede

by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 7, 2020
With more federal relief in doubt and COVID-19 cases on the rise again, Americans are struggling to get by.
Protesters demand more economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic in Time Square in August.
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COVID-19

What it means when airlines get special aid

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 7, 2020
On-again, off-again stimulus talks are impacting the entire economy, but airlines are usually a special case. Here's why.
Airline industry workers call for more federal aid in Federal Plaza in Chicago on Sept. 9.
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"I like to think that it's traditional art — it's just the Black representation of that"

by Alli Fam
Oct 7, 2020
Atlanta-based Black tattoo artist Debbi Snax is breaking stereotypes.
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Shelf Life

How innovations in cardboard and canning led to the rise of modern grocery stores

by Benjamin Lorr
Oct 7, 2020
In this book excerpt, author Benjamin Lorr explains how cardboard boxes, cardstock and tin cans led to a revolution in consumer products.
In this excerpt from his new book, "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Modern Miracle of the American Supermarket," author Benjamin Lorr writes that innovations in canning and cardboard technology made modern grocery stores possible.
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