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Back-to-school makes it hard for parents to go back to work
Aug 18, 2020

Back-to-school makes it hard for parents to go back to work

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Parents with children at home due to COVID-19 are supposed to receive aid from the CARES Act. But it's not working for a lot of working parents. Golero/Getty Images
Plus: the changing pizza market, Walmart's big earnings report and what it's like to publish your first book during a pandemic.

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COVID-19

Housing starts pick up — prices too

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 18, 2020
Lumber prices are surging, along with prices of Chinese-made components that go into building a home.
A construction worker roofing a New York residence in May. Housing starts were up more than 22% in July.
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Walmart was prepared for how customers are shopping in the pandemic

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 18, 2020
The company's second quarter earnings show a big jump in e-commerce sales.
People walk past a Walmart in Washington, D.C. The company's sales surged in the second quarter.
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This fall, back-to-school may block back-to-work for many parents

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 18, 2020
Working parents with schoolkids at home due to COVID-19 should be eligible for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. But that's not working out for some.
Parents with children at home due to COVID-19 are supposed to receive aid from the CARES Act. But it's not working for a lot of working parents.
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The campaign finance of women's suffrage

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 4, 2019
Behind the political struggle was a well-financed lobbying operation.
3rd May 1913: Grand Marshal Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886 - 1916) leads a parade of 30,000 representives of the various Women's Suffrage associations through New York City.
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Franchisee to close up to 300 Pizza Hut locations

by Andy Uhler
Aug 18, 2020
The mostly dine-in restaurants are run by NPC International. Don't worry — 6,700 locations will remain open.
A customer picks up pizzas at a Pizza Hut in Miami on Aug. 17. The chain's largest franchise operator was having financial problems even before the pandemic.
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She turned a calming hobby into a business during quarantine

by Daisy Palacios
Aug 18, 2020
Tally Dilbert wanted to get her mind off the difficulty of being home all day. That’s when she rediscovered painting.
Paintings by Tally Dilbert.
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What's it like publishing your first book in a pandemic?

by Samantha Fields
Aug 18, 2020
The pandemic has created “a very challenging environment” for first-time authors.
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Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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