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COVID-19 Response: Walking The COVID Beat

A person sits on a convenience store curb as the sun sets.

Episode 48 dives back into how the pandemic is affecting people experiencing homelessness as the weeks drag on. KUNM News Director Hannah Colton goes further into the story of the city breaking up encampments, despite the CDC advising against it in this time, and she brings us the perspective of Cypher Johnson, who’s passing through Albuquerque…

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COVID-19 Response: Checking For Those Checks

A surgical facemask sitting on top of a smattering of $100 dollar bills.

Episode 47 is all about this relief money folks have been promised. Where’s that unemployment? That stimulus money? That small business relief? That food assistance? We hear from Lindsay Cutler from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty about a sudden deadline the IRS announced for people getting federal benefits—who haven’t filed taxes in the…

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