“People in desperate times embrace all sorts of ideas maybe they normally wouldn’t … and that’s what extremists are providing: somebody to blame.” Source
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Unprecedented jobless claims “could persist for a while”
More than 3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the most in 50 years. Source
Cheesecake Factory: April rent checks won’t be in the mail
Major restaurant chains confront dramatic slowdowns or outright halt to business due to rapid spread of coronavirus. Source
Inside Benedict College’s effort to help send 100 students home
Here’s how the staff at South Carolina HBCU Benedict College helped 123 students make it to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. Source
Child care volunteers help doctors and nurses battling pandemic
One study estimates that more than two million children of healthcare workers may need care as the pandemic worsens. Source
Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 cases top half a million worldwide
More than 22,000 people around the world have died from the new coronavirus. Source
Drew Brees donates $5 million to coronavirus relief
The effort by the New Orleans Saints quarterback and his wife is one of the biggest celebrity contributions so far during the deadly pandemic. Source
What stimulus package offers the newly unemployed
Americans filing for unemployment benefits can expect hundreds of extra dollars. Question is: How soon? Source
ICE resists calls to release immigrants as coronavirus desperation mounts
“We know we can die inside here,” one detained asylum-seeker told CBS News. Source
WeWork refuses to close, claiming office-sharing “essential”
Provider of co-working space is offering bonuses of $100 per day to workers who commute to its locations. Source