Business Nordstrom returns to Western Washington with a modified shopping experience Another sign that pandemic lockdowns are being loosened: Nordstrom is opening its doors. Carolyn Adolph
Race & Identity Why A Historic Wave Of Latino Prosperity Is Under Threat Now A few months ago, things were looking up for Latinos: wages were rising and unemployment was at a record low. Now, Latinos are the worst hit among all races: a record high unemployment rate of 18.9%. Pallavi Gogoi
Business Women Bear The Brunt Of Coronavirus Job Losses Before the coronavirus crisis, there were briefly more women on American payrolls than men. That's no longer true. Women accounted for 55% of the increase in job losses last month. Danielle Kurtzleben
Politics One For The History Books: 14.7% Unemployment, 20.5 Million Jobs Wiped Away U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy. Scott Horsley
National Friday's Jobs Numbers Will Be Brutal But Won't Tell The Whole Story The Labor Department is expected to report the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month due to the coronavirus. Unemployment likely jumped to its highest level since the Great Depression. Scott Horsley
Business 20.2 Million Private-Sector Jobs Are Gone The record job losses are a preview of the Labor Department's employment report for April coming Friday. ADP's new numbers are not surprising, given the more than 30 million jobless claims filed. Avie Schneider
National Set Builder: 'It's New York City ... Eventually, Events Have to Come Back' Maxwell Kirsner built sets for big events. Then he, his fiancée, and their coworkers were laid off. Kirsner says he's optimistic the city will make it back, but he's worried how long that will take. Scott Horsley
Business Deluge Continues: 26 Million Jobs Lost In Just 5 Weeks The number of people forced out of work during the coronavirus lockdown keeps soaring. Last week, 4.4 million people filed for jobless benefits, boosting the total since last month to 26 million. Jim Zarroli Avie Schneider
Arts & Life He crawled out of homelessness. Now he's struggling to stop coronavirus from knocking him back down Restaurant workers who’ve been laid off as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are navigating a new reality that’s temporary yet filled with many uncertainties. Ruby de Luna
Business 6.6 Million More File For Unemployment As Coronavirus Keeps Economy Shut The number of people seeking jobless benefits shot up again last week, as 6.6 million more of the unemployed filed first-time claims. Nearly 17 million have filed in the past three weeks. Jim Zarroli Avie Schneider
