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COVID-19’s essential workers deserve hazard pay. Here’s why—and how it should work

April 10, 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

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Trust and entrepreneurship pave the way toward digital inclusion in Brownsville, Texas

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A volunteer helps fill cars with food and home staples as the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank helps thousands at a drive through food bank during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Del Mar, California, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Transformative placemaking amid COVID-19: Early stories from the field

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

Unemployment insurance is failing workers during COVID-19. Here’s how to strengthen it

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Caroline George

Monday, April 6, 2020

SF downtown, 5th St. and Mission St. had only three pedestrians crossing at a light cycle during the Shelter in Place order on March 17, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif. Paul Kuroda/SIPA No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Even before coronavirus, census shows U.S. cities’ growth was stagnating

William H. Frey

Monday, April 6, 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

Muhammad Awais, 36, retail manager wears a disposable face mask at a safety equipment store in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

Who are the workers already impacted by the COVID-19 recession?

Alan Berube and Nicole Bateman

Friday, April 3, 2020