The Coronavirus Crisis
Small businesses have been struggling to appeal the obscure decisions by Bank of America to deny them full forgiveness on the loans.
The Coronavirus Crisis
“We did our part, we closed our doors, our business has suffered. Quite honestly, the government has an obligation to help us survive.”
The Coronavirus Crisis
Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and PNC have all passed on an SBA policy that would allow small business owners some relief.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Four small business owners said they have been notified by their lenders that they shouldn’t have received the amount they were approved for.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Congress has approved $46.5 billion in rental assistance, but onerous documentation requirements make it hard for people to qualify.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The numbers are even worse for Black business owners: Three-quarters still haven’t received forgiveness, according to a recent survey.
Election 2020
With the decision directly in voters’ hands, corporate lobbying interests were sidelined.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Employers and insurance companies are insisting employees, even those directly exposed to the virus, can’t prove they got sick at work.
The Coronavirus Crisis
That’s money taken directly out of the $640 billion pot of funding Congress allocated to the PPP program.
Kentucky was an early adopter of risk assessments in an effort to release more people without bail. But the algorithms are reproducing systemic inequities.
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