Oct 7, 2020

Delaying COVID-19 relief could do lasting damage

Protesters demand more economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic in Time Square in August. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Plus: holiday shopping in a pandemic, how your grocery stores work and why bad teeth can hold back your career.

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COVID-19

Without more relief spending, the recovery's likely to stall

by Mitchell Hartman

Oct 7, 2020

And that's likely to hurt families who are already stretched to the limit.

President Trump gives a thumbs up upon his return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 05. The president said he was ending stimulus talks Tuesday, but later backtracked.

Win McNamee/Getty Images

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COVID & Unemployment

Fears grow as prospects for financial relief recede

by Jasmine Garsd

Oct 7, 2020

With more federal relief in doubt and COVID-19 cases on the rise again, Americans are struggling to get by.

Protesters demand more economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic in Time Square in August.

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

What it means when airlines get special aid

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Oct 7, 2020

On-again, off-again stimulus talks are impacting the entire economy, but airlines are usually a special case. Here's why.

Airline industry workers call for more federal aid in Federal Plaza in Chicago on Sept. 9.

Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

"I like to think that it's traditional art — it's just the Black representation of that"

by Alli Fam

Oct 7, 2020

Atlanta-based Black tattoo artist Debbi Snax is breaking stereotypes.

Courtesy of Snax

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Shelf Life

How innovations in cardboard and canning led to the rise of modern grocery stores

by Benjamin Lorr

Oct 7, 2020

In this book excerpt, author Benjamin Lorr explains how cardboard boxes, cardstock and tin cans led to a revolution in consumer products.

In this excerpt from his new book, "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Modern Miracle of the American Supermarket," author Benjamin Lorr writes that innovations in canning and cardboard technology made modern grocery stores possible.

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Music from the episode

See You Leave RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen

Awake Tycho

Black Sands Bonobo

The Seed (2.0) The Roots, Cody Chesnutt

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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