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Most nonprofits emerge from COVID-19 pandemic wounded but still open

June 9, 2021 Leave a comment

Some nonprofit leaders and consultants say the lessons and skills their organizations have acquired during the pandemic will shape how they operate beyond COVID-19. (Depositphotos)

Nonprofits across the nation suffered deep economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, but strong government support and stepped-up giving appears to have averted widespread charity failures.

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Jails emptied during the COVID-19 pandemic. Should they stay that way?

June 7, 2021 Leave a comment

Criminal justice reformers argue that the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year proved there is no need to keep so many people locked up in the U.S.

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Unemployment claims drop to another pandemic low

June 3, 2021 Comments Off on Unemployment claims drop to another pandemic low

A hiring sign shows outside of restaurant in Prospect Heights, Ill., Sunday, March 21, 2021. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign the economy is improving. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens.

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Zoom’s boom continues, raising post-pandemic hopes

June 2, 2021 Comments Off on Zoom’s boom continues, raising post-pandemic hopes

‘I crafted all the principles that we’ve used in television forever (and) applied them to Zoom calls,’ says sportscaster and presentation coach Gerry Sandusky. (Submitted Photo)

Zoom is still booming, raising prospects that the video-conferencing service will be able to sustain its momentum, even as the easing pandemic lessens the need for virtual meetings.

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Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic

June 1, 2021 Comments Off on Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic

Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster.

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Barbera’s legacy includes landmark cases, pandemic management, court reform

May 30, 2021 Comments Off on Barbera’s legacy includes landmark cases, pandemic management, court reform

Mandatory retirement will require Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera to step down later this year after eight years in the job. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera began her tenure as the state’s top jurist and the Judiciary’s lead administrator in July 2013 by pledging to strive for the “equal, fair and timely administration of justice.”

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UMMS donates $4.6M in COVID-19 equipment, supplies to southeast Asia

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on UMMS donates $4.6M in COVID-19 equipment, supplies to southeast Asia

Jason Fraker, left, manager of the University of Maryland Medical System warehouse, and Project C.U.R.E. volunteer driver Larry Colletta have a conversation in front of pallets of COVID supplies in the warehouse (Photo Courtesy of University of Maryland Medical Syatem)

The University of Maryland Medical System is donating more than 200 pallets of lifesaving COVID-19 equipment and supplies valued at more than $4.6 million to countries in southeast Asia, including India and Sri Lanka.

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‘I am definitely getting out’: Shoppers returning to stores, though retailers face challenges

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on ‘I am definitely getting out’: Shoppers returning to stores, though retailers face challenges

Shoppers walk through the Valley Mall in Halfway, Md., Tuesday, August, 11, 2020, during Maryland Tax-Free Week. From Aug. 9-15, any single qualifying article of clothing or footwear priced $100 or less, no matter how many items purchased at the same time, will be exempt from the state's 6% sales tax. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from Walmart to Macy's are seeing an eager return to their stores.

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US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak. California's unemployment rate continued to climb in May, reaching 16.3% as businesses continued to lay people off because of a state-at-home order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus that has wrecked the state's economy. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening.

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Md. Legal Aid’s Joseph vows to stay on amid sharp criticism

August 10, 2020 Comments Off on Md. Legal Aid’s Joseph vows to stay on amid sharp criticism

Wilhelm H. Joseph Jr., executive director of Maryland Legal Aid.

Maryland Legal Aid’s longtime executive director said Monday he has no plans to quit amid sharp criticism from more than 130 former staffers who call the recent firing of four managerial attorneys, allegedly for questioning back-to-work orders, symptomatic of senior ...

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