Pandemic

In April, a month after the pandemic hit the United States, Cliff Hodges was one of millions of small business owners teetering on the brink. Hodges, who ran a small outdoor wilderness club in Santa Cruz, California, a beach town 75 miles south of San Francisco, applied for a Paycheck…

Empty Champs Elysees avenue is pictured on March 28, 2020 in Paris, France. The country has introduced fines for people caught violating its nationwide lockdown measures intended to stop the spread of COVID-19.Pascal Le Segretain | Getty ImagesGlobal greenhouse gas emissions plunged by roughly 2.4 billion tons this year, a…

As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, financing nosedived in Southeast Asia, where there was a 13% drop in the amount of capital invested in the region compared to the same period of 2019, while the total numbers of deals declined by 15%, according to research by…

The total wealth of America's billionaires has grown by $1.06 trillion since around the COVID-19 pandemic started, a figure that's $152 billion more than the leading $908 billion bipartisan stimulus proposal, which some Republicans believe is still too costly.The collective net worth of the country's 651 billionaires leaped from $2.95…

Show notes First up, Mike has a lovely conversation with Samantha Martin (5:20) about her pandemic experience and making her latest, barn-storming record with her band, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar. The new album, The Reckless One, was released in November via Gypsy Soul Records, and features swirling Booker T-inspired…

Canada must invest in closing the gap for Indigenous people as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing head of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday.“That gap amplifies every threat and every harm from this pandemic, from the risk of infection to the stress of lockdown,” National Chief…

On March 15, 1902, Henning Jacobson, a pastor in Cambridge, Massachusetts, refused the smallpox vaccine. At the time, Massachusetts was one of eleven states that allowed officials to enforce mandatory immunizations; a resurgent outbreak had led the local health board to order vaccination or revaccination of the city’s inhabitants. For…

Deepika Padukone opens up on her 2021 plans and going back to work amid pandemicBollywood megastar Deepika Padukone is back on sets after spending months indoors, away from the clamor of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Padmaavat star kicked off the shoot for Pathan alongside Shah Rukh Khan…

By Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – H ome-sharing giant Airbnb will enlist its global network of millions of participants to help house aid workers and health care staff working to fight COVID-19, it said on Monday, aiming to fill a gap in shelter options amid the…

🌞 This week: What we’ll want most after COVID, a Taraji P. Henson TIME100 Talks interview about vulnerability, gorgeous words from poet Ross Gay, plus a callout for your personal Person of the Year. (Note: A version of this article appeared in It’s Not Just You, a new newsletter by…