After several days of vote counting, Joe Biden is set to become the next president of the United States.
Biden won Pennsylvania, pushing him past the 270 electoral votes he needed and prompting the Associated Press to declare him the winner .
The Senate race is still unclear, with the Republican party in control of 48 seats and the Democratic party with 46 (plus two Independents, who caucus with them). Two races in Georgia have yet to be decided, and could head to runoff elections that won't be decided until January. If the Democrats gain those seats, they'll have a 50-50 deadlock and a vice president who gets to break any ties.
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Meditation apps have been booming during the pandemic - Marketplace
Feeling a little anxious these days? Perhaps anxious about much of the uncertainty we've been talking about for the last several months?
Well, people are finding their own ways of dealing with the stress. One is mental health and meditations apps, an industry that's projected to be worth $2 billion by 2022.
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“Between the elections happening right now, race wars and police brutality, it's so chaotic,” she said.
The case for making Election Day an official holiday - Marketplace
The number of early votes cast before Election Day 2020, as of Nov. 1, neared the 100 million mark according to data aggregated by the U.S. Elections Project , which is close to the complete voter turnout in the 2016 general election.
While voter turnout for 2020 may very well eclipse 2016’s turnout, general turnout in the U.S. has historically been relatively low compared to other OECD member nations .
The nonprofit Vote.org, however, has been focusing on one specific way to bump up voter turnout this year: convincing companies to give their employees paid time off on Election Day.
Unemployment drops to 6.9% and U.S. adds 638,000 jobs - Marketplace
U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs in October, a solid pace though far fewer than needed to regain most of the jobs lost to the pandemic recession just as new viral cases are setting record highs.
The gain suggested that a tentative economic recovery may remain intact even in the face of a surging viral outbreak.
The report Friday from the Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell to 6.9% from 7.9% in September. But eight months after the virus struck the United States, the economy still has recovered barely half the 22 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Which jobs aren't bouncing back in the COVID-19 economy? - Marketplace
The economy added 638,000 jobs. That’s fewer than in September , but welcome as the job market continues to recover from the cliff it fell off when the pandemic shut the economy down. The unemployment rate came down another point, to just under 7%.
But job gains have been slowing down since the economy first started bouncing back from the massive job losses of early spring. Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases are surging , and there’s no stimulus in sight from Washington.
Public transit emerges a big winner in the 2020 election - Marketplace
The 2020 election was a good one for public transit, even as the pandemic continues to drive down ridership, fares and tax revenues that support the systems. More than a dozen local transit measures passed around the country, gaining approval at an historic rate.
Voters in three San Francisco Bay Area counties decided on a sales tax increase to rescue Caltrain, the commuter rail service that connects San Francisco with Silicon Valley. San Jose attorney Jessica Jenkins, who is visually impaired and depends on transit services, watched the returns anxiously.
Can't buy me love - This Is Uncomfortable from Marketplace
This episode originally aired in our first season, in September 2019. We’re off this week working on some reporting, and we need your help! More information on that below.
Venmo is both a functional payment service and a social media platform, so our everyday transactions might become performative — whether we intend them to or not.
And whether we mean to put ourselves on blast or not, people make assumptions all the time based on others' spending habits. Because the way we spend money — or don't — projects a certain version of who we are to the world.
As state eviction bans lapse, another month's rent comes due - Marketplace
Rent is due on Sunday for millions of people around the country, for the eighth time since the pandemic began, and many don't know if or how they'll be able to pay.
In the last six months, around 18% of renters have missed at least one payment , according to the most recent Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, and experts estimate that between 30 and 40 million people are at risk of eviction — or will be once they are no longer protected by an eviction moratorium. That could happen soon.
Happening on Twitter
Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election and the unresolved status of Senate control leaves slim prospects… https://t.co/TBckiACDxO business (from New York and the World) Sat Nov 07 21:46:39 +0000 2020
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