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December 11, 2020
Casey Taylor
Inside the Hostage Crisis of America’s Dying Restaurants
Covid-19 rates are spiking, debts are mounting, and workers and owners are trapped in a hell of Congress’s making.
July 8, 2020
Bryce Covert
Kill the Tipped Minimum Wage
Workers were barely getting by before the pandemic, and the situation has only grown more desperate since then.
April 10, 2020
Clare Busch
The Perilous Mess of Applying for Unemployment Right Now
“As soon as this is over, that’s going to be three months of rent, three months of phone bill—and you’ve been out of work.”
March 4, 2020
J.C. Pan
Facing a Pandemic in the New Gilded Age
While the rich seek concierge care, workers without paid time off and insurance are left with few options but to punch in and hope for the best.
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