LOS ANGELES - The financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic left many people without a job overnight, causing some to take to social media in desperation to crowdfund money to cover their rent.
Last week, more than 3.3 million Americans — a record number — applied for unemployment benefits. Layoffs were expected to surge as the the U.S.
economy sinks into a recession while authorities struggle to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked widespread unemployment, but these companies are still hiring. RELATED: Instacart workers seek strike as jobs get busier, riskier One Twitter user named Elizabeth wrote that her landlord “will not budge on rent,” telling Storyful that the surgery center she worked