Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic Nearly half of the 850,000 farmworkers in California are undocumented, and labor unions say sometimes they are denied sick leave. Undocumented workers are excluded from the coronavirus relief package. Danny Hajek
I Relied On My Macy's Job To Pay My Bills, Furloughed Worker Says Macy's is furloughing most of its tens-of-thousands of employees. Ro Worrall, a Macy's employee in Portland, Ore., for the past five years, is one of the workers laid off.
Before you head into this Seattle grocery store, you need to get on its waitlist Practicing social distancing in a small supermarket can be challenging. But one local store is doing that by limiting the number of people that can come in at a given time. Ruby de Luna
Cargo handler, Sawant say Amazon could do more to protect employees during coronavirus pandemic Amazon has confirmed one worker at its Kent warehouse has COVID-19. Amazon workers at a New York warehouse went on strike Monday, asking for more protection from the coronavirus. Workers say the tech giant is putting them at risk with non-essential delivery assignments. Joshua McNichols
Facebook Pledges $100 Million To Aid News Outlets Hit Hard By Pandemic Facebook says it will give $25 million to aid U.S. and Canadian local newspapers and sites. It promises to spend $75 million in ads to pour money into newsrooms ailing financially from Coronavirus. David Folkenflik
What's In $2.2T Coronavirus Rescue Package In a rare and overwhelmingly bipartisan move, Congress has approved a $2 trillion package to rescue the economy.
Op-Ed Writer On How 'Essential' Business Designations Affects Minorities NPR's Michel Martin talks with Solomon Jones of The Philadelphia Inquirer about how "essential business" designations affect minority communities.
Best Practices For Consumers During The Epidemic NPR's business correspondent addresses listener concerns about retail workers and talks about about best practices for consumers as the coronavirus epidemic worsens. Alina Selyukh
How Retail Workers Are Faring And How To Support Small Business During The Epidemic NPR's business correspondent answers listener questions about economic sectors that are booming, working in retail and supporting small businesses in the middle of the coronavirus emergency. Alina Selyukh
Guess What's Flying Off Shelves Now: Hair Dye Our roots are showing. And we've decided it's the perfect time to finally start baking our own bread. See a list of products that are selling the most. Camila Domonoske