Sen. Scott On How Pandemic Response Can Better Serve Poor People NPR's Rachel Martin talks to South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott about his thoughts on the federal response to COVID-19, and how the health crisis is affecting people living in poverty.
San Francisco Lawmakers Order Mayor To Lease Hotel Rooms For Homeless The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance giving the mayor 12 days to secure thousands of rooms to house and protect the city's homeless population during the COVID-19 crisis. Adrian Florido
Amazon fires 2 tech employees who raised coronavirus, climate concerns A few months ago, it might’ve been hard to imagine a scenario where someone would be fired in front of her 13-year-old son. But that just happened to Amazon employee Maren Costa while working from home in Seattle. John Ryan
Trump Falsely Claimed 'Total' Authority Over States — Now He's Backpedaling President Donald Trump on Tuesday attempted to soften remarks made earlier this week in which he declared his authority to reopen states' economies "total," superseding even governor's powers. Alana Wise
More Questions About Safe Grocery Shopping During The Epidemic An NPR science editor and Donald Schaffner, a professor of food microbiology, walk listeners through tips for safe grocery shopping during the coronavirus epidemic. Maria Godoy
Listener Questions About Safe Grocery Shopping During The Epidemic An NPR science editor and Donald Schaffner, a professor of food microbiology, walk listeners through what they should be doing to stay safe while grocery shopping and after bringing food home. Maria Godoy
Questions About WHO Funding And How Contact Tracing Works An NPR global health and development correspondent answers questions about tracking the coronavirus and President Trump's decision to withhold funding to the World Health Organization. Jason Beaubien
Airlines Reach Agreement With Treasury Department On Share Of Coronavirus Aid To prevent mass layoffs of airline employees, Congress authorized $50 billion in grants and loans for the carriers, as part of the $2.3 trillion economic relief package approved last month. David Schaper
New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic People of color and lower-income populations are more concerned about contracting coronavirus and spreading it unknowingly to others. Hannah Hagemann
Grocery Workers Should Be Designated First Responders, Supermarkets And Union Say Kroger and Albertsons have joined the food workers union UFCW in urging state and national officials to give grocery staff higher priority for testing and access to masks and other protections. Alina Selyukh