All Sides with Amy Juravich

Do-it-yourself projects are on the upswing as COVID-19 keeps many homebound and on a tight budget. That extends to electronics, too, but repairs on computers and phones are trickier.

According to AAA, 43 million Americans traveled during the Memorial Day weekend last year. This year, travel over the holiday weekend was expected to be so light that AAA skipped its annual Memorial Day travel forecast for the first time in 20 years.

This episode originally aired on June 5, 2019. June 6 marks the anniversary of D-Day, when more than 150,000 Allied troops spilled onto five beach along the French coast in what is seen as the primary turning point, the beginning of the end of World War II.

This episode originally aired on May 6, 2020. The Trump administration has continued to weaken air pollution regulations despite warnings that long-term exposure to dirty air relates to higher COVID-19 death rates. Harvard researchers made the first statistical link between the two last month, just before the administration loosened some clean air regulations and failed to tighten others.

This episode originally aired on May 20, 2020. In April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a first, unemployment numbers for women hit double digits. Women make up two-thirds of part-time workers and the majority of the low-wage workforce. For women of color, the news is even grimmer.

This episode originally aired on May 14, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic wages on, and scientists and public health experts say the only way for it to come to an end is to develop, produce and distribute a vaccine as soon as possible. As countries around the world scramble for a potential vaccine, with over 100 currently in development, there’s no clear indication of how soon one will be ready, let alone how it will be mass-produced for the world at large.

This episode originally aired on May 12, 2020. When COVID-19 hit the U.S. in mid-March, college and university campuses across the country were shuttered. Students quickly left their dormitories and classes shifted online. But state-funded schools face budget cuts, private schools with modest endowments most certainly will need to pare the number of scholarships and any college or university financially struggling before the pandemic is on a tightrope.

President Trump last week fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. It was the latest in a string of officials in watchdog roles fired by the president in recent months, turning on its head the tradition that such jobs are filled with non-partisan figures.

Millions of Americans are heading back to the workplace after weeks of working from home or not working at all, as states ease COVID-19 restrictions. Employees may find the transition stressful with the coronavirus still a threat.

In April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a first, unemployment numbers for women hit double digits. Women make up two-thirds of part-time workers and the majority of the low-wage workforce. For women of color, the news is even grimmer.