Danielle Kurtzleben

The first round of Paycheck Protection Program funding ran out in days, but the second pot of money has more than $140 billion left after a month. Some business owners decided the PPP wasn't for them.

NPR's politics and economics reporter answers listener questions about what small businesses should be ready for as states slowly reopen their economies.

NPR's politics and economics reporter answers listener questions about what small businesses should be ready for as states slowly reopen their economies.

NPR's economics correspondent answers listener questions about unemployment and the state of the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

Millions of Americans have lost work and money due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, some businesses are reopening. Are you ready to go back to normal life? NPR wants to hear your story.

The hourly pay at Amazon is much lower than what Theodore Johnson earned as a massage therapist, but the new job comes with a key benefit he didn't have before.

The CARES Act required the Small Business Administration to tell banks to prioritize underserved communities for coronavirus relief loans. That didn't happen, a new inspector general's report found.

Before the coronavirus crisis, there were briefly more women on American payrolls than men. That's no longer true. Women accounted for 55% of the increase in job losses last month.

SBA data show that demand is still very high for the loans, and that smaller amounts are going out this time. But large, multimillion-dollar loans are still eating up a good chunk of the money.

Not-so-small companies like Shake Shack and organizations like the LA Lakers were able to get loans that were meant for suffering small businesses. What happened?

The SBA chief announced that only small banks will be given access to the Payroll Protection Program for eight hours, after heavy criticism that the program had given money to well-known businesses.

Business owners lucky enough to get the federal rescue funds are wrestling with paying their employees, even when their doors are closed.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added new symptoms to the list of those seen in people with the coronavirus. NPR political and science reporters update on the latest coronavirus news.

Bankers tell NPR that the SBA's portal wouldn't allow them to enter the loan application information that is needed to access the PPP program.

Congress just passed an additional $321 billion worth of spending for the Paycheck Protection Program. But even when some small businesses receive the aid money, they're not sure how to use it.

Black, Latino and Asian American workers have lost jobs at a faster clip than white employees from the massive layoffs sweeping through the restaurant, hotel and home health industries.

"Personal identifiable information" was potentially exposed to other businesses via an online lending application portal, a spokesperson for the Small Business Administration told NPR.

An NPR political correspondent describes the latest federal government efforts to pass another relief bill for small businesses and answers listener questions about the economy during the pandemic.

Elizabeth Warren says she would serve as Joe Biden's running mate. Whether gender blocked her own path to the nomination is a key question for many Democrats — and a complicated one.

The Paycheck Protection Program, which opened on April 3, has been plagued with delays and technical difficulties. Republicans and Democrats agree on adding more funding, but they disagree on how.