34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump’s desperate attempts to reopen America (WaPo)
The epidemiological models under review in the White House Situation Room in late March were bracing. In a best-case scenario, they showed...
White House and Congress clash over liability protections for businesses as firms cautiously weigh...
McConnell says liability protections for businesses are a requirement; Pelosi and Democrats say no. And there’s no sign of compromise.
Fauci warns states against ‘leapfrogging’ guidelines on reopening (The Hill)
Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, said Thursday evening that he's concerned some states are “leapfrogging”...
Exclusive: One Democrat’s plan to stretch expanded unemployment insurance through December (Vox)
Expanded unemployment benefits end in late July. Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan wants to extend them through the rest of the...
How profit and incompetence delayed N95 masks while people died at the VA (ProPublica)
Federal agencies have hired contractors with no experience to find respirators and masks, fueling a black market filled with price gouging...
States with the biggest increases in unemployment due to COVID-19 (Wallet Hub)
As the U.S. economy has slowed to a crawl due to COVID-19, countless businesses have shut their doors in accordance with the...
Street food (Slate)
Close the roads. Reclaim the parking lots. Put restaurants outside.
When the shutdowns end, America will reopen...
Crisis begins to hit professional and public-sector jobs once considered safe (WaPo)
As the novel coronavirus pandemic brought business to a halt, the pain rippled outward, blowing up sector after sector. According to a detailed analysis...
The restaurant bail-out won’t save my pop-up. The government won’t save black America. (Esquire)
Before COVID-19, Omar Tate opened a portal to Blackness with his lauded pop-up Honeysuckle. Now he's back home in Philly, searching...
What we know about the next coronavirus funding package (Vox)
Congress’s next bill will center on funding for desperate state governments.
Getting money to desperate state...
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