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How fast can the federal government get $1.9 trillion out the door?
Mar 10, 2021

How fast can the federal government get $1.9 trillion out the door?

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Moving that much money through the federal government will take a while. Plus, a conversation with "Minari" writer-director Lee Isaac Chung. 

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Getting $1.9 trillion in aid out the door? "It just takes time."

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 10, 2021
Individuals will probably get their American Rescue Plan payments within weeks. State and local governments will wait months.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sign the American Rescue Plan Act on Wednesday. It will next move to the White House for President Biden's signature.
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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Reopening schools raises complicated questions about health, education and inequity

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 10, 2021
A poll from the Pew Research Center found more than half of Americans think schools shouldn't reopen until teachers are vaccinated.
Education workers line up to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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A second location? During a pandemic? It’s within reach for some businesses

by Samantha Fields
Mar 10, 2021
A business owner in Brooklyn who almost went under last year is now looking to expand in a way she hadn't expected.
Pooja Bavishi at her Brooklyn ice cream shop, Malai. When she had to close for several months, her online sales surged.
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The PRO Act may protect workers even if it doesn't pass

by Jasmine Garsd
Mar 10, 2021
The bill, which offers sweeping protections for organized labor, may not pass the Senate. But it may stimulate conversation and education.
A union rally in Chicago. Most Americans support union rights, a Gallup survey found.
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In Chung's "Minari," seeing the American dream through the eyes of a Korean-American family

by Kai Ryssdal and Minju Park
Mar 10, 2021
"And if my daughter can see it one day, that'd be great," says Lee Isaac Chung, writer-director of "Minari."
The cast of "Minari." Back row from left: Steven Yeun, Yuh-jung Youn and Yeri Han. Front row: Alan S. Kim and Noel Cho.
Photo by Josh Ethan Johnson, courtesy of A24
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