After job losses, power cuts loom for millions
Sep 11, 2020
3 minutes
By Alana Semuels
PHOTOGRAPH BY KYLE GRILLOT
The Brief is reported by Alejandro de la Garza, Mélissa Godin, Amy Gunia, Suyin Haynes, Ciara Nugent, Madeline Roache and Olivia B. Waxman
FTER COVID-19 HIT, BRANDY WILCOXSON, A single mother in Atlanta, saw her weekly hours cut from 40 to around 13. Now, because she has to be home to supervise her two kids’ virtual learning, she can’t pick up more shifts at her job as a security guard, so she struggles to cover rent and food—and she also owes about $1,000 in electric bills. When she contacted
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