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Give them a dedicated space, even if it's the kitchen table: Tips to help kids excel this school year
This is going to be a school year like we've never seen before. Just about all students will be learning at home at least part of the time, which mea…
5 years, 5 months ago
New jobless claims top a million again, but are we growing numb to the numbers?
Another week of new jobless numbers over a million. It seems like that used to be a big number, but now it's the new normal. The Dow Jones announced …
5 years, 5 months ago
Jobs are disappearing rapidly. What options do displaced workers have?
Shifts in the labor force are painful during normal times. Right now, the workforce is changing rapidly without the kind of heads up that we normally…
5 years, 5 months ago
What is consumer sentiment, and what can it tell us about the economy right now?
When you're tracking the health of an economy, there are a lot of indicators to look at. One of the key ones is consumer sentiment. But what exactly …
5 years, 5 months ago
Former CDC director: this pandemic has laid bare "a healthcare system that is in tatters"
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, 28 million Americans didn't have health insurance -- but it's a lot more than that now. A former acting CDC…
5 years, 5 months ago
Students with special needs face enormous difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for all students, but especially for students with special educational needs. We wanted to find out the…
5 years, 6 months ago
Millions of Americans can't pay their rent or mortgage. These are some of their stories.
We're almost six months in to this pandemic and there are still tens of millions of people unemployed. Many people have been able to scrape by with u…
5 years, 6 months ago
Adjusting to the new reality on campus during COVID-19
Last spring the coronavirus pandemic shut down in-person learning at colleges and universities across the United States. Now classes are resuming for…
5 years, 6 months ago
America relies on immigrant doctors, but there's a stalemate over getting them visas
The US was already facing a shortage of doctors before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the medical community is being stressed to its breaking point. …
5 years, 6 months ago
Why is the stock market going gangbusters while millions of people are unemployed?
Millions of people are relying on unemployment benefits in the United States, at the same time Apple became America's first $2 Trillion company. The …
5 years, 6 months ago