Millions of Americans are facing a financial cliff on New Year’s Day if Republicans refuse to pass another round of COVID-19 relief.
Small Businesses Warn Loan Program Is Not Enough to Help Them Rehire Employees
The Paycheck Protection Program promises a business owner loan forgiveness if they retain or rehire all the workers they had in late February. But owners say the equation isn’t so simple, in part because of current economic conditions and partly due to the terms of the loans.
This Woman’s Story Shows What a Failure the Government’s Small Business Bailout Has Been
Less than two weeks after the Paycheck Protection Program opened on April 3, the program Laurel Hess applied to for help had all but run out of money.
The Supreme Court Is Hearing Arguments About Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan on Tuesday. Here’s What You Need to Know
About 90% of the benefits from Biden’s plan will go to families earning less than $75,000 according to the White House, but a group of Republican-led states have sued to block it.
COVID Nearly Destroyed Her Salon. She Reinvented Herself Instead.
A Dominican beauty salon owner was hit hard by the pandemic as she struggled without government loans. But despite the hardships, this fearless luchadora refuses to lose hope.
Am I Going To Get $600 in Relief? Your Questions Answered on the New $900 Billion Stimulus Package
Including how unemployment benefits, student loans, and the eviction moratorium are changing, and for how long.
Millions in PPP Loans Went to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations
The federal government has been called out for sponsoring “taxpayer-paid hate,” and letting millions of Americans and small businesses suffer while helping hate groups.
COVID Relief Loans Failed Small Latino Businesses. This Fund Is Stepping in With Grants.
Only 12% of minority business owners who applied for relief reported receiving what they had asked for.
She Closed Her Flower Shop After 36 Years. There Are 100,000 Small Business Owners Just Like Her.
Diana Limon, a small business owner, is closing her flower shop after 36 years in business because of the pandemic and economic crisis.
The GOP Stimulus Bill Guts Unemployment But Somehow Finds $7 Billion for Weapons
After two months of inaction, Senate Republicans on Monday finally released their own proposal, a roughly $1 trillion package that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called “pathetic.”