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Covering Covid: Essential

Covering Covid: Essential

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Covering Covid: Essential

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
May 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The workers who produce pork, chicken, and beef in plants around the country have been deemed "essential" by the government and their employers. Now, the factories where they work have become some of the largest clusters for the coronavirus in the country. The workers, many of whom are immigrants, say there bosses have not done enough to protect them.
Released:
May 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (84)

Host Kelly McEvers takes a story from the news and goes deep. Whether that means digging into the Trump administration's past, the stories behind police shootings caught on video, or visiting a town ravaged by the opioid epidemic, Embedded takes you where the news is happening.