Jun 3, 2020

How communities rebuild after protests

A volunteer cleans up following protests in Santa Monica on June 1. Activists and academics say a broken window is easy to fix; the hard work is fixing why it was broken in the first place. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Plus, why black women entrepreneurs are missing out on startup funding and a conversation with the director of "Do Not Resist."

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Race and Economy

Inequities in venture capital hinder founders of color well beyond seed funding

by Kristin Schwab

Jun 3, 2020

They don’t just have a harder time getting initial funding. They also get less of it.

Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton (right) speaks on a panel. Backstage invests in founders of color, women and LGBTQ entrepreneurs.

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Race and Economy

From Santa Monica to the Bronx: How communities rebound from violence in protests

by Jasmine Garsd

Jun 3, 2020

The property damage in recent protests is on a much lower scale than in past protests.

A volunteer cleans up following protests in Santa Monica on June 1. Activists and academics say a broken window is easy to fix; the hard work is fixing why it was broken in the first place.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

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Race and Economy

Bookstores see surge in sales of works about race

by Erika Beras

Jun 3, 2020

Merchants are reporting a spike in sales of titles like "How To Be an Antiracist."

One black bookstore owner said most of her new clients are white, and a lot of them are buying books for their kids.

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COVID-19

Federal Reserve loan program targets mid-size businesses

by Justin Ho

Jun 3, 2020

The loans will be bigger than those from the Paycheck Protection Program — and they can't be forgiven.

A worker restocks groceries at a supermarket in Brooklyn in March. The Main Street Lending Program offers loans that would likely be hard for businesses like grocers or cafes to pay back.

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

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China's forced-out workers

by Jennifer Pak

Jun 3, 2020

Chinese workers complain that shortened hours or being told to resign are layoffs by another name.

A masked factory worker works on a machine line.

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Bankers want businesses to know "there’s still money" for PPP loans

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Jun 3, 2020

Laurie Stewart, CEO of Seattle-based Sound Community Bank, says the bank has made more than 700 loans through the program.

Laurie Stewart, CEO of Seattle-based Sound Community Bank, says her bank has funded PPP loans as small as $900.

Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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Music from the episode

The Seed (2.0) The Roots, Cody Chesnutt

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye

Noche Juan Rios

More Today Than Yesterday - Instrumental Charles Earland

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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