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What you missed in Columbus for March 8


Columbus Alive

By Andy Downing

March 8, 2021


Over the weekend, “60 Minutes” aired a segment filmed in Columbus and centered on the unbalanced recession created by COVID-19.


The report detailed how the low-income job market has been decimated by bar and restaurant closures and drops in attendant business, while mid-level and upper-income workers have largely returned to work. Combined with a social safety net ravaged by the coronavirus, this development has created even greater economic inequality in a city and country where the divide is already staggering.


One of the on-air profiles focused on Columbus resident Courtney Yoder, who was living in a tent and working a restaurant job to save for housing when the pandemic hit. “I had stacked up three checks. I was actually trying,” she said. “And then all of that gets taken from me.”


Read the full article here:

https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/columns/2021/03/08/what-you-missed-columbus-march-8/4630083001/

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