In March 2020 most countries in the world went into lockdown as the COVID-19 outbreak turned into a pandemic. In Colombia the confinement lasted almost six months. Michelle Begue brings us a story of struggle and resilience.
A national debate is underway in the United States over whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour from the current $7.25 an hour today, as more than 30 million U.S. citizens now live below the poverty line.
The last time the U.S. increased the hourly federal minimum wage was in 2009.
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Lockdowns and other COVID-19 related restrictions have been hurting businesses. In California, locals are beginning to fight back against health authorities. Mike Kirsch reports on a growing number of communities that are ignoring the governor’s mandates.
By February of 2021, more than a quarter million Brazilians had died due to COVID-19. That made Brazil the second country in the world with the largest death toll after the US. Scientists also located a new virus strain. But the country’s overall health has fallen into a political diatribe. Maria...
