Race/Related: Futile Job Hunts. Sinking Savings. Out of Work in America.

Americans have endured economic crises before but none quite like this one. 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To capture the depths of the suffering, [The New York Times teamed up with 11 local news organizations](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP4QaAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjAvMTAvMjIvdXMvcGFuZGVtaWMtdW5lbXBsb3ltZW50LWNvdmlkLmh0bWw_YWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAxMDI0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIzNDU2Jm1vZHVsZT1Ub3ArU3RvcmllcyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZwZ3R5cGU9SG9tZXBhZ2UmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQyMTYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) across the country to document the lives of a dozen Americans who found themselves out of work. For months, we followed them as they dialed unemployment hotlines, applied to hundreds of jobs and counted every dollar in their bank accounts for rent and food. All of it while trying to survive a pandemic. What follows are a few excerpts, but read the full special report [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP4QaAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjAvMTAvMjIvdXMvcGFuZGVtaWMtdW5lbXBsb3ltZW50LWNvdmlkLmh0bWw_YWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAxMDI0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIzNDU2Jm1vZHVsZT1Ub3ArU3RvcmllcyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZwZ3R5cGU9SG9tZXBhZ2UmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQyMTYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Marina Moya on her bed inside her mother-in-law’s home in Victoria, Texas.Emree Weaver/The Victoria Advocate Marina Moya, 24, was a team lead at Caterpillar, a heavy equipment company in South Texas. With production declining, Ms. Moya was let go in early May. Kali Venable of [The Victoria Advocate](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0S5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudmljdG9yaWFhZHZvY2F0ZS5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAxMDI0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIzNDU2Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00MjE2MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACVnCZRfvKEswVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) first talked to her that month, as she and her husband sorted out how to make ends meet with one income and as they planned for the birth of their first child, who was due in late October or early November. “With these unemployment payments we’re getting — the extra $600 each week — I try to save everything,” she told Ms. Venable in May. “I did buy my son a crib, changing table and stroller — I got the big, really expensive things out of our way because I know that I’m not going to get this extra income later.” Ronda Garmon and her husband, David, pray before dinner inside their home in early September.Cory Morse | MLive.com After years of hardship, this layoff really hurt Ronda Garmon, 50, who also has struggled with addiction and incarceration. She is married, with six children and five grandchildren. Kayla Miller of [The Grand Rapids Press](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0SuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWxpdmUuY29tLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) first interviewed Ms. Garmon in August. “Our life changed instantly. We had so many plans,” Ms. Garmon said. “I’m ready to go back to work. I can’t depend on the unemployment because some people are losing it.” Oscar Saenz was working as a sommelier in Tucson, Ariz., before being laid off at the start of the pandemic in March.Kelly Presnell Until the pandemic, Oscar Elijo Saenz, 26, was a master sommelier and server at a downtown Tucson restaurant and an account manager for an alcoholic beverage distributor. Last year was his best, professionally, and his savings account was growing. He looked forward to buying a house and traveling more with his daughter. Andi Berlin of [The Arizona Daily Star](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0SraHR0cHM6Ly90dWNzb24uY29tLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) first spoke with him in August, as his savings account had dwindled to a small fraction of its total just a few months earlier. “All the savings that I had set aside to buy the house are almost all gone,” he said. “I’ve gone past the point of desperation, past the point of anger. And I just feel hopeless. I feel lost.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTUxJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTUwJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Elva Farías and her son, Reuben Farías, the football coach at La Joya High School, at the grave of their husband and father, who died in July. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The New York Times In Texas Towns Gutted by Virus, a Fragile Effort to Sustain a Fragile Sport By Jeré Longman On July 18, during one of the [worst weeks so far of the pandemic](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8yMy91cy9jb3ZpZC13b3JzdC1kYXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), Ruben Farias labored to breathe. He entered a hospital, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia and the coronavirus, and hours later, the 83-year-old died what doctors said was a Covid-related heart attack. For 24 days, he awaited burial as his wife and son went into quarantine. Two weeks after the funeral, his son, the head football coach and athletic coordinator for La Joya High School in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, canceled the football season. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc4JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ “The coach in us wants to have the season, but as an administrator, you have to look at every single athlete and staff member,” Reuben Farias, 54, said. “You want to try to prevent things from getting out of hand.” In my 27 years as a reporter at The Times, I have covered three of the biggest stories of this young century — the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the coronavirus pandemic. My aim each time has been to extricate these tragedies from the grim mathematics of deaths and illness and instead explore something more granular and personal. Only then can we truly understand the human cost of these catastrophes — the grief and pain endured, the dilemmas faced — and the small acts of grace and kindness that give us hope, allowing us to persevere. It is the reflexive approach of a sportswriter, which I have been for the vast majority of my 45 years in journalism. Games are familiar and repetitive. What inspires and illuminates are the people, their striving for victory on the scoreboard and their resilience in defeat. During the pandemic, I have been drawn repeatedly to high school football, the most American of sports: I’ve written about a [player whose high school career](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8yMi9zcG9ydHMvZm9vdGJhbGwvYnJhZGxleS1zeWx2ZS14ZmwtbmZsLWpvdXJuZXltYW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) was swamped by Katrina and whose professional career has been halted by the coronavirus. I’ve written about the coach of my own high school in Louisiana [who retired in June](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOS8xOC9zcG9ydHMvY292aWQtY29hY2gtcmV0aXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDEwMjQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjM0NTYmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQyMTYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), afraid that he could not remain safe. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4NzAwJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4NzAyJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIwMTAyNFcDbnl0QgoAJWcJlF-8oSzBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ And, most recently, the Rio Grande Valley, where poverty and chronic illness have left the predominantly Latino population particularly vulnerable to Covid-19. There have been more deaths in the four-county region of the valley than in any of the big Texas cities of Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. My aim with [this Texas story](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8yMi9zcG9ydHMvdGV4YXMtZm9vdGJhbGwtY292aWQtMTkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) was not to debate the merits of football or whether it should be played during a pandemic, but to explore what it means to communities along the Rio Grande and how it reflects their sorrow and their longing for some hint of normalcy. Tomas Garcia, 56, is the head coach at Juarez-Lincoln High in Mission, also in the valley. The school’s season was canceled. As Covid-19 swept through the region over the spring and summer, the school lost two prominent alums — a 23-year-old former student-council president and star defensive lineman from a few seasons ago, Mr. Garcia said. “A lot of parents were scared,” Mr. Garcia said. “So was I.” Initially, he planned to social distance from his family if the season went ahead, sleeping in a recreational vehicle in the backyard. But only one offensive lineman showed interest among those who wanted to play. There was no way to go forward. Even before the cancellation, one of Juarez-Lincoln’s senior cornerbacks, Angel Portillo, 17, acceded to his mother’s wishes not to play. She had lost her father and an uncle to the virus. “Safety over sport,” he said. “Family over anything.” The team’s quarterback, Benito Elizondo, 17, a senior, is taking a different approach. He is seeking to transfer to nearby Palmview High School for one final chance at throwing a touchdown pass, zigzagging past defenders, attracting college recruiters. “Not being able to play my senior season, I was trying not to let it get to me,” he said. “But I realized that last year’s highlights are not enough.” Palmview High is attempting to play four games, beginning Nov. 6, though it would settle for one. Its head coach, Margarito Requenez, 44, insisted that each coach and player be tested weekly for the virus. He would like to give his seniors one final chance to step onto the field. But his players are not professionals, he said. They’re teenagers living with their parents, and must be protected or the season will be shut down. “Any of my kids get this, it’s over,” he said. The 2018 edition of The Varlet, the Kappa Alpha Order membership manual, includes a chapter about Robert E. Lee, the “spiritual founder” of the fraternity.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Fraternity that Reveres Robert E. Lee Faces Revolt Over Racism By Amy Harmon What makes young white men who grew up celebrating Confederate leaders like Robert E. Lee change their worldview? That was the question that drew me to explore the uprising within the Kappa Alpha fraternity, which has for nearly a century claimed Lee as a “spiritual” founder. In [this piece, featured as a “Great Read’’ in The New York Times this week](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhdo5nP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8xOS91cy9rYXBwYS1hbHBoYS1yb2JlcnQtZS1sZWUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMTAyNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzQ1NiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDIxNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAlZwmUX7yhLMFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), I look at how one of the fraternity’s chapters came to publicly criticize its own national organization for continuing the association with Lee. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the first reaction of some people I interviewed for the story — and of many readers who responded to it — was shock that one of the nation’s largest college fraternities still cites the Confederacy’s military leader as an inspiration and role model. As Ivan Maina, co-president of Ebony, a Black student association at Southwestern told me, his initial reaction to learning that the campus’ Kappa Alpha chapter had renounced its own ties to Lee was, “great, but why didn’t you do it earlier?” Still, Mr. Maina and Kellie Henderson, Ebony’s other president, saw the Kappa Alpha chapter’s move as a signal to other white students on campus that could carry weight precisely because the fraternity is known for “sitting around and having parties all day,’’ as Ms. Henderson put it to me. “If people who a lot of underclassmen look up to are saying, ‘we’re not going to allow outward racism to happen within our fraternity,’ then I feel like other people will see that this is something that everybody, not just people of color, should be involved with,’’ Ms. Henderson said. Fearing reprisal — Kappa Alpha suspended the Southwestern chapter this summer after its public dissent — most active members of the chapter declined to speak to me for the story. But I spoke to over a dozen alumni about what led to their shift. Some had chanted “1,2,3, Robert E. Lee, 3,2,1, South should have won” a few years ago and were now revolted at having done so. Some credited their sociology classes at Southwestern for their changing views. Many cited the police killing of George Floyd as a catalyst. Interacting with Noah Clark, the first Black student to join the Kappa Alpha chapter at Southwestern and stick with it through his graduation, in 2017, was another key. Whether the conversation about race among these Kappa Alpha members at Southwestern will extend beyond this episode remains to be seen, as will whether it will shape the policies they support. 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