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COVID & Unemployment
Extra unemployment benefit during pandemic boosts spending
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 16, 2020
Normally, jobless workers receiving unemployment cut their spending by 7%. But a JPMorgan Chase study found it's rising — by 10%.
Parenting in a Pandemic
Moms are reducing work hours 4-5 times more than dads during pandemic
by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2020
It could leave them vulnerable to layoffs, stalled careers and lower pay for years to come, new studies find.
Some of Twitter's biggest accounts got hacked. It could have been much worse.
by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Jul 16, 2020
Zeynep Tufekci, a technology and society expert at the University of North Carolina, hopes the hacks on Obama, Gates and others act as a wake-up call ahead of the election.
Why do political parties still hold conventions? (Hint: $$$)
by Kimberly Adams
Jul 16, 2020
They can juice local economies. They can also juice campaign coffers.
United States of Work
For some, navigating the pandemic is like “walking on a sheet of ice”
by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 16, 2020
Tax accountant Michael Durant is seeing his small business clients through a storm, but facing another at home.
COVID-19
Could the Fed help bail out New York's MTA?
by Justin Ho
Jul 16, 2020
The central bank offers loans to help state and local governments through the pandemic. But is it the best way to borrow?