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American Indicators: Vast Differences In The Pandemic Economy : Consider This from NPR The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we introduce four American indicators — people whose paths will help us understand the arc of the recovery. Hear their stories now, and we'll follow up with them in a few months:

Brooke Neubauer in Nevada, founder of The Just One Project; Lisa Winton of the Winton Machine Company in Georgia; Lee Camp with Arch City Defenders in Missouri; and New Jersey-based hotel owner Bhavish Patel.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators

Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators

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Residents line up in their cars at a food distribution site at Lake-Sumter State College in Florida last November. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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Residents line up in their cars at a food distribution site at Lake-Sumter State College in Florida last November.

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The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we introduce four American indicators — people whose paths will help us understand the arc of the recovery. Hear their stories now, and we'll follow up with them in a few months:

Brooke Neubauer in Nevada, founder of The Just One Project; Lisa Winton of the Winton Machine Company in Georgia; Lee Camp with Arch City Defenders in Missouri; and New Jersey-based hotel owner Bhavish Patel.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

This episode was produced by Brianna Scott, Lee Hale, Brent Baughman, Alejandra Marquez Janse and Mallory Yu. It was edited by Sami Yenigun with help from Courtney Dorning and Wynne Davis. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.