Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Americans face threat of financial ruin as coronavirus continues
Heading into July, coronavirus is spreading in California, rent is due in one day, and extra unemployment benefits will run out soon. At least 40 million Americans are out of work. Their savings are dwindling or gone.
By Madeleine Brand • • 8m ListenHeading into July, coronavirus is spreading in California, rent is due in one day, and extra unemployment benefits will run out soon. At least 40 million Americans are out of work. Their savings are dwindling or gone. Businesses have not rebounded, and they might not for a very long time. KCRW looks at how this summer is shaping up economically.
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3 of 5Superspreaders might be responsible for most COVID-19 cases- 0:00Superspreaders might be unknowingly driving the COVID-19 pandemic
- 8:36LA orthopedic surgeon says physical interaction with patients may never happen again
- 16:56Americans face threat of financial ruin as coronavirus continuesYou’re reading this
- 25:45Reports say Russia offered bounties for the killings of US troops in Afghanistan. Trump says he knew nothing
- 34:29‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ profiles the nonviolent activist-turned-congressman