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In downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, the public square adjoining the Crayola factory is a hugely popular tourist attraction. On March 17, 2020, the streets and sidewalks were completely empty after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered a statewide shutdown over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Nate Williams)

The new pace of life in America

Salon Staff
Selection of essential oils with various herbs and flowers in the background (Getty Images/Madeleine Steinbach)

Peddling snake oil to cash in on anxiety

Ashlie D. Stevens
Steve Mnuchin (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steve Mnuchin: "Businesses are booming"

David Edwards - Raw Story
Screens show trading data at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on March 11, 2020. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty)

The Fed, the virus, and inequality

Nomi Prins - TomDispatch.com
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Barack Obama and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Wage growth slows under Trump

Igor Derysh
Debris lies around a damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on September 10, 2019 in Grand Bahama, Bahamas. The official death toll has risen in the time since to 50 people, but authorities have cautioned that number is likely to rise significantly as workers make their way through the ruins. (Alejandro Granadillo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How the next recession will start

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump, Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg (AP Photo/Salon)

Wealth, sociopathy and presidency

Bob Hennelly
Projected design for new student housing at University of California, Santa Cruz / Strike picket signs (UC Santa Cruz/AP Photo/Salon)

Wildcat student strike escalates

Nicole Karlis
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Trump created 1.5M fewer jobs than Obama

Igor Derysh
(Leif Skoogfors/Getty Images)

"Blue collar boom" is more of a bust

David Salkever - The Conversation
Tired bartender (Getty Images)

Millennials bearish on Trump's economy

Nicole Karlis
U.S. President Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Do Trump's policies help middle-class?

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Sec. Ross: Coronavirus good for economy

Matthew Rozsa
UC Santa Cruz sign (University of California Santa Cruz website / economics.ucsc.edu)

"Do I do research or pay rent?"

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Salon)

How wealthy towns keep people out

Jacqueline Rabe Thomas - ProPublica
The Door Dash driver leaves Baskin Robbins, over in hand and heads to their delivery. (Getty Images/The Washington Post)

DoorDash is paying workers $1.45 an hour

Nicole Karlis
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As minimum wage increases, so too does mental health (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Higher minimum wage means fewer suicides

Keith A. Spencer
(Getty/oatawa)

The benefits of telecommuting

Fynnwin Prager, Mohja Rhoads - The Conversation
Google employees work in their office (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Tech layoffs stoke recession fears

Nicole Karlis
MANCHESTER, NH - OCTOBER 25: Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Manchester City Democrats' Countdown To Victory Dinner on October 25, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

The Centrist’s dictionary

Richard J. Eskow - Independent Media Institute
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Greta Thunberg, the climate strike, and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

2020s: The "OK Boomer" Decade?

Amanda Marcotte
A sign is displayed at an AT&T retail store (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

AT&T outsources jobs after $3B tax cut

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Jewel Samad)

It's winter in America

Bob Hennelly
Healthcare costs and fees (Getty Images/Prapass Pulsub)

America's real health care emergency

Bob Hennelly
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