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Unemployment diary: I'm a 31-year-old youth care worker in Delaware who's been out of work since July
"Having my wife and kids here, not treating me like I lost my job, is the only reason I stayed sane…
Taylor Goebel
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 50-year-old business development director in Kentucky who's been out of work since August
"It seems grim right now with the jobs currently available. I haven't had any callbacks or intervie…
Nick Dauk
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 22-year-old security guard in Minnesota who's been out of work since April
"My immediate community, which is mainly queer and trans Black people, has been really impacted by …
Leah Feiger
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 39-year-old restaurant server in Mississippi who's been out of work since March
"You work to support yourself and your family, and when you become unemployed and have no income, y…
Ingrid Cruz
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 25-year-old yoga teacher and painter in Montana who's been out of work since March
"I think this time is actually meant for creative minds; it's pushing us to open our minds to new p…
Molly O'Brien
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 55-year-old entrepreneur in Nebraska who's been out of work since March
"Either way, I'm holding out hope because, in every crisis in life, opportunities are created. You …
Nick Dauk
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 49-year-old cleaning business owner in New Hampshire who lost all my clients in March
"Within a two-week span in March, I went from having the busiest week of my career to people saying…
Robin Catalano
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 25-year-old civil engineer in Wyoming who's been looking for a job in my field since last December
"I was interviewing for an entry-level engineering job. They kept saying, 'Wait until April, wait u…
Natalie Christensen
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 24-year-old payroll and office coordinator in North Dakota who's been out of work since March
"I've always had a plan for every stage of my life, and sitting around doing nothing is both boring…
Nick Dauk
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 46-year-old service supervisor in South Carolina who's been out of work since May
"My kids lost their mother last year and I need to be strong for them. So I keep pushing because I …
Robin Kavanagh
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 40-year-old marketing manager in South Dakota who's been out of work since May
"I see a lot of LinkedIn job postings with more than 250 applicants. And you have to think: Is it w…
Wendy Dailey
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How Japan, which has the world's oldest population, has so far managed to keep its nursing homes safe during the pandemic
Experts say Japan's success comes down to a culture that respects the elderly, as well as taking th…
James Pasley
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A Canadian politician sent a cardboard cutout of himself to a photo-op rather than risk getting the coronavirus
Raymond Cho, who represents Scarborough North in the Ontario legislature, say he takes coronavirus …
K. Thor Jensen
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A GOP sheriff who vowed not to enforce Arizona's lockdown tested positive for COVID-19 during a White House visit
"Three hundred deaths is not a significant enough number to continue to ruin the economy," Pinal Co…
Dan Avery
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What it's like in New Zealand, where until Tuesday there hadn't been a new case of COVID-19 in more than 100 days
Freelance reporter James Pasley has been in New Zealand since lockdown began. He describes how stra…
James Pasley
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Those bar crawls and concert venues you're going to might be ignoring your health department's coronavirus safety advice
In some states, event organizers can ignore recommendations from local health departments — even if…
Jessica Carney
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Drag queens deliver the food — and the sass— at this Mexican cantina in Queens
Customers at Fresco's Cantina can have a drag queen bring their meal and perform outside their hous…
K. Thor Jensen
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A mayor in Peru was accused of lying in a coffin and pretending to be dead to avoid being caught disobeying lockdown orders
Police say Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, the mayor of Tantará, had been out drinking with friends de…
K. Thor Jensen
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A Wisconsin woman with lupus has taken hydroxychloroquine for 19 years and still got COVID-19
The woman, identified as Kim, says she's mad at President Trump for touting hydroxychloroquine as a…
K. Thor Jensen
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Wuhan has banned eating wild animals and nearby provinces are offered farmers cash to stop breeding exotic livestock
China's fur trade will continue, though, and farmers can still raise wild animals for medicine, ent…