This year has been devastating for the live music industry, especially for touring musicians, some of whom earn up to 90% of their income from playing live.
Axios Re:Cap unpacks this with Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley, who released an album this week and discusses what it’s like to release and promote music when touring isn’t an option.
How we measure our economic health depends on many things: not only evictions, bankruptcies or savings rates, but also lots of statistics. The problem is many of the economic metrics we're using, like unemployment rate and GDP, have become inaccurate during the pandemic.
The U.S. for months has faced a national reckoning over simultaneous crises that Black Americans, especially, are facing: structural racism and violence, health disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and devastating economic impacts from the pandemic.
Axios Re:Cap discusses the situation facing the founders in the Black Girl Ventures network with Shelly Bell, entrepreneur and founder of Black Girl Ventures.
Expanded unemployment benefits have expired and the stimulus checks have dried up. Now, a growing number of American families are struggling to stay afloat. Without more government aid, their dire financial situations will get worse.
