‘I can’t get a single present’: millions in US barely scraping by amid holidays

As of November, 15.6 million workers in the US are still affected by the pandemic's economic downturn

For millions of Americans, the Covid-19 pandemic has left them and their families with little money or cause for celebrating the holidays this year.

My youngest turns six on Christmas day and I can't even get her a single present," said Amanda Starr of Lebanon, Ohio, a single mother of three who has struggled to find work after her car was repossessed when she missed payments due to losing her retail job in the beginning of the pandemic.