Minority-owned businesses are struggling to get PPP loans

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The Paycheck Protection Program or PPP provides federally-backed forgivable loans to businesses whose revenues may be impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, little of the $659 billion fund has made it to Latino and Black-owned businesses, despite being the communities hit hardest by the crisis. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports.

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    Celebrating Juneteenth amid George Floyd protests

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    Thousands of protesters participated in hundreds of marches, rallies and celebrations across the country to commemorate Juneteenth, demanding an end to police brutality and systematic racism in the nation. Some called for the removal of statues that deify slavery and oppression. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports.

  • What’s next in the Barr-Berman standoff?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What’s next in the Barr-Berman standoff?

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    Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who is investigating President Trump’s key associates, is refusing to step down, hours after the Justice Department moved to oust him.The standoff comes as a new book by former White House National Security Adviser, John Bolton goes on sale. Ryan Goodman, a professor at New York University’s School of Law and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security joins.

  • Trump holds rally amid pandemic and protests: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump holds rally amid pandemic and protests

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    Thousands of President Trump’s supporters gathered in downtown Tulsa, OK, for the president’s first rally since March. Attendees, expected to fill the 19,000-seat Bank of Oklahoma Center, have agreed to not sue the campaign or the president if they get sick, despite warnings from health experts. Kendrick Marshall, an assistant editor at Tulsa World joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

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