Time • 31st August 2020 Power Cuts are Looming for Millions of Americans As state moratoriums on utility shut-offs expire, millions risk disconnection at a time when they need power for working from home, schooling from home, and keeping sanitary
Time • 28th July 2020 Many Companies Won't Survive the Pandemic. Amazon Will Emerge Stronger Than Ever As retailers close across the country, the e-commerce giant consolidated its market share, squeezing sellers and workers.
Time • 15th May 2020 Gig Economy Incomes are Shrinking As Workers Flood Apps As more newly unemployed people flood into the gig economy seeking cash, earnings are plummeting as more people compete for jobs
Time • 7th May 2020 No Income. Major Medical Bills. What Life Is Like for Millions of Americans Facing Financial Ruin Because of the Pandemic The growing gap between America’s rich and everyone else is hardly new. But the extra-ordinarily rapid economic collapse catalyzed by COVID-19 has made the chasm deeper and wider.
Time • 1st May 2020 The Poor Are Getting Poorer as Creditors Go After Debts Creditors are still going after consumers during the pandemic, tipping many into a financial abyss
Time • 15th April 2020 Renters Are Losing Their Homes Despite Eviction Moratoriums Landlords are illegally kicking out tenants for not paying the rent, despite moratoriums on evictions in more than 30 states and dozens of cities.
Time • 2nd April 2020 The Stimulus Act Shows us the Risks of Private Student Loans Why people take out private student loans, and why they had to keep paying them during the pandemic, even if they lost their jobs
Time • 13th March 2020 As Coronavirus Fears Spread, Can Remote Work Actually Work? Why it's so hard to connect with co-workers if you're not in the same room, and what that means for the future of work
Time • 12th October 2020 How Coronavirus Is Exposing America's Inequality Crisis The spread of the coronavirus exposes a widening chasm in the U.S. economy between college-educated workers, whose jobs can be done from anywhere on a computer, and less-educated workers who increasingly find themselves in jobs that require human contact
