Virus Throws Millions More Out of Work, and Washington Struggles to Keep Pace
By PATRICIA COHEN and TIFFANY HSU Jobless claims now exceed 16 million as shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic widen and problems with getting benefits persist. | | By JIM TANKERSLEY Federal efforts to keep businesses operating and workers employed have so far failed to stop the bleeding as the coronavirus tears through the economy in devastating ways. | | By JANE BRADLEY Developing nations in Latin America and Africa cannot find enough materials and equipment to test for coronavirus, partly because the United States and Europe are outspending them. | | |
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U.S. By MIRIAM JORDAN and CAITLIN DICKERSON Some employees are coming in sick, and one woman died after being ordered back to work. "Our work conditions are out of control," a longtime Tyson employee said. | | Opinion By THE EDITORIAL BOARD How to make the nation more just, less fragile — and more free. | | |
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