6.6 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits last week. For perspective, that's twice as many as the week before. It's nearly *10 times* as many as the previous record, set back in 1982. Over the past two weeks, nearly 10 million Americans have filed unemployment claims, worse than the worst 15-week stretch of the 2008-9 recession. The numbers are staggering. But behind every one is a human story. In The New York Times today, Patricia Cohen and I tried to tell some of those stories, to show how the economic damage from the #coronavirus is spreading beyond travel and tourism to affect every corner of American life. Please read, and if you have a story of your own to share, reach out. #unemployment #recession #economy …see more