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A view of an Olive Garden restaurant on March 24, 2022 in Fremont, California. May 2022
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by Adam Reiner
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A house silhouette is made out of two photos with paper tear in middle with numbers and checks on blue textured background April 2022.
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by Matthew Sedacca
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Congress unlikely to refill restaurant relief funds until before Easter recess
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by The Counter
04.07.2022
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by Matthew Sedacca
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by Aaron Timms
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A general view of workers and community allies who are entering the second week of a hunger strike for additional funding in the state budget for workers who have been excluded from federal and state aid for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic at Judson Memorial Church on March 23, 2021 in New York City. March 2022
Covid-19 relief for undocumented workers helped put dinner on the table. It also shut out tens of thousands.
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by Jessica Fu
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Norman Greer, 79, in jean overhauls and a john deere hat stands in a field of soy beans in the community of Lyles Station in Princeton, IN February 2022.
Promised debt relief, some Black farmers get collection notices
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by April Simpson
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Politics
Demarkius Medley in a black hoodie and white mask on his hemp farm in Galesburg,Illinois on a sunny day with plants and a trailer in the background February 2022.
An Illinois bill aims to counteract a decades-long trend: The decline of the Black farmer
Politics
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
02.22.2022
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