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Surprising Job Gains Are Good News — But Not For Everyone

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It looks like another weekend of protests across the country. And that means more people could be exposed to tear gas, pepper spray and other “chemical irritants” that trigger — among other things — coughing and sneezing. Two things people are trying to avoid during this pandemic.

Americans are skipping payments on mortgages, auto loans and other bills due to the economic impact of the pandemic. And as NPR’s Chris Arnold reports, for some, catching up is going to be painful.

Plus, the coronavirus has hit people of color especially hard. As Harvard’s David Williams writes in an article for the Washington Post, before COVID-19, Black Americans were already struggling with the health effects of everyday discrimination. The pandemic is only making it worse.

And NPR’s Short Wave team takes us to San Francisco where Hispanics and Latinxs make up 46% of all coronavirus cases ⁠— but they make up just 15% of the population.

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Protesters are tear gassed as the police disperse them near the White House on June 1, 2020, as demonstrations against George Floyd’s death continue. Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protesters again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Protesters are tear gassed as the police disperse them near the White House on June 1, 2020, as demonstrations against George Floyd’s death continue. Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protesters again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

This episode was produced by Emily Alfin Johnson, Anne Li, Lee Hale and Brent Baughman, and edited by Beth Donovan.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/870429659/surprising-job-gains-are-good-news-but-not-for-everyone

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