'Worried' And 'Desperate': Unemployed People In Alabama And Kentucky Share Similar Pain

Published July 15, 2020 at 1:40 PM EDT

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Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. (John Sommers II/Getty Images)

With unemployment soaring, a growing number of people are taking the initiative to help their neighbors who are out of work with basic needs.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley speaks with Mia Raven, an activist in Montgomery, Alabama, who has been handing out free food and other supplies to unemployed people, and Matthew Glowicki, a reader’s watchdog reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky.

Here & Now wants to know: What are your experiences, questions and frustrations about unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic? Tell us your stories here.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.