“Different zip codes, different lives, but somehow, they all trace the same strange road back to a place called Hot Dog University.”
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No Cold Beer, No Flowers, and No One to Park the Car: A Shadow Economy Hits the Skids As Restaurant Suppliers Lose Their Jobs
Eight million Americans are employed in restaurant-adjacent industries. How are they coping during the pandemic? Anya Schultz interviews a group of business owners and workers around the U.S., including a florist, grease recycler, valet parker, and knife shop owner.
A Look Inside the Small U.S. Towns That Will Be Crushed By the Trucking Revolution
“The highway was taken. They killed my business.”
