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Collected Item: “Broken glass, broken dreams: Small businesses ravaged by protests and COVID-19 contemplate an uncertain future”

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Broken glass, broken dreams: Small businesses ravaged by protests and COVID-19 contemplate an uncertain future

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News Article

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Excerpt from article: "Let them do whatever they have to do. Right now I want to focus on lives. Lives over shops. I understand the hurt. Sometimes we gotta go to war for it to be a better day."

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#ASU, #HST580, #socialjustice, #nojusticenopeace, protest, looting, unrest, pandemic,

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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/usaandmain/2020/06/16/george-floyd-protests-coronavirus-small-businesses-damage-looting/5328052002/?fbclid=IwAR1sZUfplZ1gP9VpEgZcPMg5HG3YfpEXMh7nqr0PJlmQ9S1lcIZfeDtRCqg

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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY

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2020-06-16
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