Yvette Arrington with the New York Stock Exchange trading floor operations watches the market slide on March 9 as coronavirus fears grip the financial markets. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
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In 2020, Willy Solis became a voice for thousands of gig workers at Target-owned Shipt, leading calls for better treatment and pay during the pandemic and beyond. Courtesy of Willy Solis hide caption
How The Pandemic Turned An Introvert Into A Voice For Gig Workers
Thursday
A protester holds up an eviction-related sign in Washington, D.C. The coronavirus rescue package just passed in Congress sets aside $25 billion for rental assistance and extends a CDC order aimed at preventing evictions. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
COVID-19 Relief Bill Could Stave Off Historic Wave Of Evictions
Wednesday
East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit this month in Opelika, Ala. Julie Bennett/AP hide caption
COVID-19 ads that Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl planned to run on Facebook got caught in the social network's ban on political advertising. Los Angeles County hide caption
Mask Up! How Public Health Messages Collide With Facebook's Political Ads Ban
Monday
Russian President Vladimir Putin, here at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in 2017, has seen U.S. relations reach their lowest point since the Cold War. By waiting over a month to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Putin tried to show strength and that "he's ready to take the fight all the way to Washington," Russian political commentator Konstantin Eggert says. Ivan Sekretarev/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Robi Hamilton and Andrew Mentzel's careers were just starting in Austin, Texas, when the pandemic started. Both have spent most of their adult lives living paycheck-to-paycheck. Mary Inhea Kang for NPR hide caption
Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills
(From left) Dickson "Q" Amoah, Jon McDonald, Kourtney Redmond, Costia Harris and David Hayes are members and/or officers of the Chicago chapter of the National African American Gun Association. Olivia Obineme for NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Portrait of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) sitting behind the wheel of his car outside his home in Hyde Park, New York in the mid 1930s. Getty Images hide caption
As Biden Prepares To Take Office, FDR's Presidential Transition Offers Lessons
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him president Monday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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Howard Berkes (seated, front row right) volunteered to be part of a COVID-19 research study this year. He says his family, photographed here in the 1960s, had a history of stepping up during difficult times. That includes his grandparents (in middle), who fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe in the 1920s to raise a family in the United States. Berkes family hide caption
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Carmen Maria Machado's new memoir is called "In The Dreamhouse." Art Streiber/AUGUST hide caption
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President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving. Pool/Getty Images hide caption