Schooling at home is hard for all parents, including teleworkers.
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In about two in three US families with two parents, both are working or looking for a job. That makes caring for kids when schools and day care providers are closed hard if not impossible.
The demand for services nonprofits offer is surging.
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This measure, included in a pandemic relief package, is supposed to encourage Americans to give more to nonprofits.
More and more states are allowing people to use Zoom to finish their wills.
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Dying without a will can cause all sorts of problems for families.
Caring for loved ones is harder during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The United States has 53 million caregivers, according to the latest estimate. And COVID-19 makes what they do much harder.
Trump addresses the Paycheck Protection Program at a meeting.
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The government wants to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the definition of “small” is still pretty big.
Short walks can boost the immune system and keep a person fit.
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Physical activity is important for all kinds of health reasons, even in quarantine.
Mothballed Delta Air Lines planes parked at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri.
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A study of 2,000 travelers shows that nearly two-thirds will reduce their travel in the next year.
The parking lot of Citifield, the home of the New York Mets, sits empty.
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Nearly three-quarters of fans say they won’t attend games until a vaccine has been developed.
Mass transit ridership in Los Angeles and elsewhere has plummeted during the crisis.
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One in 5 of the poorest US households don’t have a car and rely on public transportation to get around.
Unemployed people wait outside a government office in NYC in 1933.
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Some economists are predicting joblessness to surpass the record level experienced at the height of the Great Depression as 22 million people file for unemployment benefits.
A blue shark in the Channel Islands off California.
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You won’t see a blue shark near the beach, but thanks to 50 years of tagging data, scientists are learning about their wide-ranging lives at sea.
America’s credit card has no spending limit.
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The Trump administration is asking for US$850 billion in stimulus spending. Given the debt’s already at record levels, can the US afford it?
Less than 30% of the workforce has the ability to work from home.
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Two transportation scholars argue that telecommuting could play an important role in solving the coronavirus crisis.
Some U.S. workplaces can be dangerous.
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A reduction in OSHA inspectors may lead to a reduction in workplace safety.
Protesters attended Harvey Weinstein’s first day of trial.
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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
Packed and ready to leave? Perhaps not quite yet.
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The Pentagon has spent more than $800 billion on military operations in Iraq. But that doesn’t include money needed to care for veterans, rebuild the country or pay interest on war debt.
It’s just dollars and cents.
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An economist who has studied new ways to improve measures of gross domestic product explains what GDP is and how it could better reflect an economy and the well-being of its inhabitants.