Buford Highway is a 10-mile stretch near Atlanta that's home to over 1,000 immigrant-owned small businesses. A constellation of home-away-from-homes, particularly for Asian and Latino communities.
Axios Re:Cap speaks with Lily Pabian, executive director of the We Love BuHi nonprofit, to discuss how the pandemic and rise in anti-Asian hate, including the nearby spa murders, impacted Buford Highway's small business community.
Yesterday, a court in The Hague ordered oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its carbon emissions. In a first-of-its kind ruling, Shell was ordered to cut emissions by 45% by 2030, 25% more than their previous 2030 goal.
It’s just one of the latest moves to hold Big Oil accountable on climate change.
Plus, Haitian migrants in the U.S. react to renewed deportation protection.
And, U.S. intelligence is now intensifying its investigation of the origins of COVID-19.
As the U.S. economy stared into the pandemic abyss in March 2020, Congress passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus package that included the Paycheck Protection Program to quickly get forgivable loans to small businesses to keep workers on payrolls.
Axios Re:Capdigs into the formation and roll out of the PPP, from multi-day negotiations and late-night phone calls to estimates of how many businesses the program helped, with former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Plus, a conversation about pandemic survival with Dayna Frank, CEO of legendary Minneapolis music club First Avenue.
Almost 1 out of 2 Americans have had their first dose of vaccination against COVID-19. Compare that to 1 in 10 for the rest of the world. In the U.K. where second doses have been delayed, a newer variant is starting to outpace others.
Plus, President Biden plans to meet with Vladimir Putin.
And, new polling on how Americans view the fight for racial justice.
