‘I’m very, very worried’: Laid-off workers struggle with no social safety net

‘I’m very, very worried’: Laid-off workers struggle with no social safety net

By Maeve Reston, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) – For more than a year on the campaign trail, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential contenders spoke at nearly every event about the number of families in America who were living at the precipice, one paycheck away from losing everything — even as the economy was booming. Now […]

Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they’re afraid

Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they’re afraid

By Associated Press (AP) — Grocery workers across the globe are working the frontlines during lockdowns meant to keep the coronavirus from spreading. Their stores are deemed essential, and their work puts them close to the public and therefore at risk. Often in low-wage jobs, the workers have earned praise from Pope Francis and former […]