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January 8, 2021
Lucia Graves
Democrats Are Finally Unafraid to Be the Party of Free Money
The decisive factor in the Georgia runoffs may have been the one that Andrew Yang brought back to the liberal mainstream.
December 11, 2020
Casey Taylor
Inside the Hostage Crisis of America’s Dying Restaurants
Covid-19 rates are spiking, debts are mounting, and workers and owners are trapped in a hell of Congress’s making.
December 8, 2020
Nick Martin
North Carolina’s Labor Commissioner Abandons Workers One Last Time on Her Way Out the Door
In response to calls for more regulation, Cherie Berry wrote that Covid-19 was not “proven likely to cause death or serious physical harm from the perspective of an occupational hazard.”
December 1, 2020
Nick Martin
Welcome to the Pandemic Cliff
The end of the year is a month away, and remaining relief programs are expiring. We are desperately unprepared for what waits on the other side.
November 20, 2020
Mark Engler
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Andrew Elrod
The Fed Could Help Cash-Strapped Cities and States. Mnuchin Has Other Ideas.
The lame-duck Treasury secretary seems to want to sabotage Biden’s ability to stave off the pandemic’s economic impacts.
October 20, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Cruelty of Washington’s Cynical Stimulus War
The drawn-out stimulus negotiations, which have left the public hanging out to dry, represent the worst of our political system.
October 17, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Media’s Both-Sides Brigade Is Wrong About a Covid-19 Stimulus Deal
Saving unemployment benefits isn’t worth it if we have to sell out frontline workers.
October 15, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Devastatingly Low Bar of “Official” Poverty
Poverty numbers leave out far too many who are struggling economically. Shouldn’t we reach for more than whatever rests just above abject misery?
September 25, 2020
J.C. Pan
Giving People Money in a Pandemic Worked. Now Give Them More.
A new Fed report reveals a jump in the number of people able to afford an emergency expense.
September 23, 2020
Luis Feliz Leon
Immigrant Street Vendors Are Feeding Others to Feed Themselves During the Pandemic
In a Queens plaza, food vendors talk about survival in a crisis, state neglect, and the meaning of community care.
August 19, 2020
Nick Martin
The Obvious Futility of One-Time “Stimulus” Checks
What we’re learning from reports about how people spent their stimulus checks.
July 24, 2020
Katie McDonough
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J.C. Pan
What $600 Can Do
Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.
June 23, 2020
J.C. Pan
Our Summer of Financial Ruin
Supermarkets are ending their “hero pay” bonuses, emergency spending provisions are drying up, and eviction moratoriums are about to expire.
May 7, 2020
Andrew Schwartz
The Fraught Realities of Financial Relief During a Pandemic
For many Americans receiving unemployment insurance right now, finally coming out ahead shows how badly they’ve been left behind.
April 27, 2020
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The “Shadow Banks” Are Back, and Still Too Big to Fail
The financial institutions behind the last economic crash haven’t gone anywhere, and they’re looking for a bailout yet again.
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