Business & Industry

Workers make face masks at the Portland Garment Factory in Portland, Ore., on April 1, 2020. The company's owner, Britt Howard, made the decision to shift the focus of the business to fill the demand for personal protective equipment, and the studio is now producing 5,000 face masks per week with eight full-time employees. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Businesses owned by women and minorities have grown. Will COVID-19 undo that?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The final numbers of the day are displayed above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New York, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

How COVID-19 could push Congress to start reining in vulture capitalism

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Shoppers wearing protective masks walk through the Historic Downtown Farmers Market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

Farmers markets are vital during COVID-19, but they need more support

Hanna Love and Nate Storring

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Reynaldo Faust, who opened a restaurant few weeks ago waits for costumers for takeout orders after local authorities restricted the activities of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and other similar businesses and rolled out a midnight curfew for precaution due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Tents and tarps are shown on the sidewalk of a freeway overpass home to hundreds of homeless living on the streets of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

After COVID-19, we must invest in—not isolate—our most vulnerable communities

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Friday, April 3, 2020

An artist works on a boarded up River Pig Saloon in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020. Yesterday Governor Kate Brown issued a statewide executive order to stay home except for essential needs as more extreme social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How local leaders can stave off a small business collapse from COVID-19

Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Brad Whitehead

Friday, April 3, 2020

Chevy's Fresh Mex restaurant manager Stephen Justice provides curb side service because the restaurant is closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Annapolis, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

‘A Band-Aid on a gunshot wound’: How the restaurant industry is responding to COVID-19 relief

Annelies Goger and Tracy Hadden Loh

Thursday, April 2, 2020

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When will your city feel the fiscal impact of COVID-19?

Michael A. Pagano and Christiana K. McFarland

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Following the money: China Inc’s growing stake in India-China relations

Ananth Krishnan

Monday, March 30, 2020

Quieter than usual scenes pictured in downtown Portland, Ore., on March 19, 2020, the first day of spring. Throughout the state gatherings are now limited to no more than 25 people for at least four weeks and bars and restaurants will be providing takeout services only as social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What the Great Recession can tell us about the COVID-19 small business crisis

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, March 25, 2020