Essay: Pandemic hardship is about to get a lot worse for millions of out-of-work Americans

In an article first published on The Conversation, US academcs JEFFREY KUCIK and DON LEONARD look at what the data shows about the impacts of pandemic-related jobless benefits for unemployed Americans…
Trained in rebuilding after disasters, North Carolina Baptists now distribute food boxes

RNS They’re best known for their post-hurricane disaster relief efforts – ripping up homes damaged by floodwaters and rehabilitating them from the studs. But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Baptists on Mission, an auxiliary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, is remaking itself as a food distribution network, delivering boxes of produce […]