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Pandemic sends US single mothers into poverty

Washington (AFP) - When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered restaurants in California, Aleida Ramirez lost her job as a waitress, plunging her -- along with many other single mothers -- into a vicious cycle of poverty, unpaid bills and reliance on food banks. The pandemic has been particularly hard on women who work in the service sector, which has been crippled by the economic crisis. And more than 12 million Americans who are unemployed or without income face losing their benefits the day after Christmas, when the aid package passed by Congress in the spring expires -- barring a deal in high-...

Three generations, one roof: US trend amplified in pandemic

Potomac (United States) (AFP) - After separating from her husband in 2007, Katie Marcoux and her two young daughters moved in with her parents for financial reasons. She expected to stay a year at most. Thirteen years later, Marcoux -- now remarried -- still lives in the house, along with her parents and one of her daughters.  Such arrangements are increasingly common in the US, where one in five people now live in a "multigenerational" household, according to Pew Research Center. The phenomenon has been on the rise since the 1980s, when immigrant families arriving from Asia and Latin America ...

Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.The newspaper said it had obtained a computer abandoned by Hunter Biden that implicated his father in his Ukraine business affairs. The former vice president -- the Democratic nominee for the November 3 election -- has repeatedly denied any such involvement."Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad," the newspaper's headline read.As B...