small business administration
Who Got a PPP Loan? Dov Charney, Jeff Koons, and Flywheel, for Starters
Here are 10 notable entities who received tens of thousands, and in some cases millions, of dollars of COVID relief.
Boy Scout Groups Accused of Harboring Sexual Predators Received Coronavirus PPP Loans
One lawsuit alleges that a Boy Scout volunteer leader abused a boy described as “developmentally challenged” on at least two occasions in 2018.
Catholic Dioceses That Paid Huge Sex-Abuse Settlements Managed to Get PPP Loans
Through persistent lobbying on Capitol Hill, the Church was able to bypass the 500-worker limit on the coronavirus-relief loans primarily meant for small businesses.
Dive Bars Need PPP Loans to Survive—But Big Chains Sucked the Fund Dry
Corporations took millions from a program designed to help small businesses. Without that money, dives across the country are at risk of closing permanently.
How the Small Business Bailout Failed the People It Meant to Help
Many independent businesses were blocked from getting money thanks to a broken website and insufficient funding from Congress. Now they may close for good.
Small Businesses and the Honesty of Linda McMahon
Old-time pro-wrestling territories were a sort of platonic ideal of American small business. Then the McMahons came along, and WWE took over.
