Guy Fieri raises over $20 million for struggling restaurant workers

Since coronavirus lockdowns in the U.S. began, the celebrity chef has awarded grants to 40,000 food industry workers.

• May 11, 2020

Restaurants try out new ideas amid coronavirus

As restaurants try to adjust to new restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, some are getting creative with new ideas like car hops and TV dinners. Carter Evans reports.

• May 10, 2020
• 2:22

Nevada partially reopens

Nevada is one of the latest states to reopen, with the governor allowing non-essential stores to resume with restrictions. But not all states are racing to fully open as people continue to protest in states like Washington, where hundreds turned out to say the economic damage has already been done. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

• May 10, 2020
• 2:07

Banks rake in PPP fees

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), passed by Congress as part of the CARES Act, was set up to distribute forgivable loans to small businesses shuttered over coronavirus. Several banks are being sued for allegedly funneling PPP loans to bigger corporate clients to maximize their processing fee profits. In the first batch of coronavirus relief, banks have raked in $10 billion. Yahoo Finance reporter and anchor Akiko Fujita joins Elaine Quijano in the CBSN studio to talk about the implications for banks' bottom lines, and the future of coronavirus aid to small businesses.

• May 10, 2020
• 6:38

Face The Nation: Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Eric Schmidt, Jim Ryan

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on coronavirus testing, the workplace in the era of social distancing and the future of high education in the post-COVID world.

• May 10, 2020
• 23:12

FDR and the role of president

In 1933, during the Great Depression, newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted 25% unemployment, sweeping poverty, and the collapse of the banking system. His response would reshape the way the country thought about presidential leadership, and democracy itself. CBS News' John Dickerson talks with Roosevelt scholars Jonathan Alter, David Woolner and Susan Dunn about FDR and the presidency during crisis and war.

• May 10, 2020
• 5:22

U.S. loses record 20.5 million jobs in April

"The coronavirus pandemic continues to take a devastating toll on the American economy. More than 20 million Americans lost their jobs last month, bringing the national unemployment rate up to 14.7%. John Friedman, a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Brown University, joined CBSN to discuss the latest numbers and how the job market can bounce back. "

• May 8, 2020
• 5:13

U.S. job market suffers its worst month in history

More than twice as many jobs were vaporized last month as were lost during the entire Great Recession.

• May 8, 2020

The disconnect between the jobless rate and the stock market

The coronavirus crisis "is hitting the lower 60% of the economy much harder than it's hitting the upper 40% of the economy," market analyst Frances Stacy said.

• May 8, 2020

U.S. unemployment hits 14.7% in April

New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April as the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy. Frances Stacy, director of portfolio strategy at Optimal Capital, joined CBSN to talk about the numbers.

• May 8, 2020
• 10:34

"It's been hectic": Americans struggle as unemployment spikes

At least 1 in 5 American households report they don't have enough to eat as jobless claims climb due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

• May 8, 2020

Self-employed Americans "defeated" by lack of unemployment help

Even in states that have set up the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, people have had trouble getting the money.

• May 8, 2020

Stocks up on hopes awful jobs report may signal a bottom

Wall Street rallied after April's unprecedented loss of U.S. jobs wasn't quite as horrific as economists had forecast.

• May 8, 2020

U.S. lost record 20.5 million jobs in April

The U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April amid the coronavirus pandemic. The national unemployment rate soared to 14.7% last month, the highest since the Great Depression.

• May 8, 2020
• 3:10

COVID-19’s impact on unemployment

On Friday morning, the unemployment report for April will be released, and it is expected to be its highest on record since the Great Depression. Carter Evans is in Los Angeles, where some business owners are concerned reopening is too little, too late.

• May 8, 2020
• 3:18

Millions struggle to file for unemployment

Millions of people who are out of work right now are self-employed or run small businesses and normally wouldn't qualify for unemployment. But in many states, they're now eligible for help under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.

• May 8, 2020
• 4:47

33.5 million unemployment claims filed in last 7 weeks

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to ripple through the economy. Mark Strassmann reports. 

• May 7, 2020
• 2:32

3.2 million new unemployment claims

The latest report from the Labor Department shows that 3.2 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week. That brings the total up to 33 million left jobless since the coronavirus crisis hit. Brown University economics professor John Frieden joins CBSN to discuss the latest numbers, and the economy tracker he has developed with colleagues from Brown and Harvard.

• May 7, 2020
• 4:34

Another 3.2 million Americans filed jobless claims last week

With layoffs spreading, one-fifth of the U.S. workforce has applied for unemployment aid in the past two months.

• May 7, 2020

Brace for the "single worst jobs report in history"

More than 25 million Americans likely lost their jobs last month — far more than during the entire Great Recession.

• May 7, 2020

ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes

This week on 60 Minutes: Americans unemployed by coronavirus share their stories; Then, small, medium-sized farmers on edge while trade war bailout money goes to some surprising recipients; And, rural Texas hospitals and clinics are going broke.

• May 4, 2020

PPP loans put some workers in tough position

The new Payroll Protection Program has processed more than $500 billion in loans to help small businesses survive the coronavirus lockdown, but critics say the PPP isn't doing what it was meant to. The loans will be forgiven only if businesses spend 75% of the money on their employees in just eight weeks. But, Ed O'Keefe reports that some workers have concerns about going back to work.

• May 4, 2020
• 4:08

Stories from coronavirus layoff victims

30 million Americans filed for unemployment in the last six weeks, as the pandemic ground the U.S. economy to a halt. Scott Pelley met a few of the many who are trying to get back on their feet.

• May 3, 2020

Nearly 30% of Hawaii's workforce filed jobless claims. Here's a state-by-state breakdown.

No state has been left untouched by the jobless crisis, but some have been hit much harder than others.

• May 2, 2020

Americans made jobless by the pandemic

60 Minutes meets with some of the 30 million American economic victims of the pandemic, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT

• May 1, 2020
• 0:29

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