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Coronavirus aid package a start, but more will be needed
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Coronavirus aid package a start, but more will be needed

A Knowledge@Wharton report suggests there's plenty the federal government got right in its $2.2 trillion relief package, but it may not be enough in the long-term.

Penn Today Staff

Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus
A reporter and a cameraman wear protective clothing and masks while reporting on the coronavirus from the field.

Journalists brave danger to report on coronavirus

Barbie Zelizer, director of the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication, says there are four types of dangers journalists are facing while reporting on COVID-19.
Philadelphia brings in tent hospitals and extra staff for the coming coronavirus surge

Philadelphia brings in tent hospitals and extra staff for the coming coronavirus surge

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Jeremy Cannon is leading the effort to prepare HUP for a surge of COVID-19 patients, with plans to convert the Quadrangle and part of Spruce Street into a field hospital. Meanwhile, more than a dozen Penn nurses, including Katherine Major, have volunteered to administer chemotherapy and other intravenous medications in patients’ homes.

The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics
A long line of people waiting to in a bread line in New York City during the Great Depression in 1932

In the absence of substantial government relief programs during the Great Depression, free food was distributed with private funds in some urban centers to large numbers of the unemployed.

The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics

History professor Brent Cebul talks about lessons politicians can take from the Great Depression and the New Deal and how disasters like the current pandemic can change politics.

Kristen de Groot