Jul 21, 2020

Pod save America?

Children in a pre-school class wear masks and sit at desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020. REDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Plus: What you need to know about the government's new COVID-19 tracking site and potential payroll tax cuts.

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Parenting in a Pandemic

Parents turn to private "pods" to school children

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jul 21, 2020

The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.

TOPSHOT - Instructor Chablis Torres (C) reads to children in a pre-school class, wearing masks and at desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020.

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

Hospitals scramble to switch to government's new COVID reporting system

by Erika Beras

Jul 21, 2020

While the idea has advantages, the transition away from CDC system may create new problems for hospitals, which had little notice and are struggling with limited resources.

The new COVID-19 tracking site went live this week, but the transition could prove difficult for hospitals.

Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

Pandemic forces small farmers in Mexico to adapt

by Rodrigo Cervantes

Jul 21, 2020

Some farmers are trying to reinvent their businesses by selling in new ways.

Esteban de Jesús Durán is part of Plantas y Flores de Xochimilco, a community of decorative plant growers based south of Mexico City.

Rodrigo Cervantes

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USCIS budget shortfall could mean a longer wait for immigrants

by Andy Uhler

Jul 21, 2020

The department said staff furloughs could be coming unless Congress sends $1.2 billion its way.

In this file photo, immigrants await their turn for green card and citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Queens office on May 30, 2013 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

John Moore/Getty Images

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Shelf Life

How one of the U.S.'s most iconic companies nearly flickered out

by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann

Jul 21, 2020

Author Tom Gryta explains how General Electric's place in the economy fell so quickly.

Yasuyoshi Chiba/Getty Images

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Trump Fed nominee advances in Senate despite support for gold standard

by Mitchell Hartman

Jul 21, 2020

Judy Shelton's unpopular view sheds light on why the U.S. and most other economies abandoned linking their currencies to gold

Once upon a time, gold was the currency of the United States.

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Music from the episode

Butterflies Anchorsong

Buried In Detroit - Lucas Löwe Remix Mike Posner, Big Sean, Lucas Lowe

Pin It Down Madison Cunningham

Awake Tycho

Vale Maribou State

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Daisy Palacios Senior Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer

Sean McHenry Associate Producer

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