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Updated: 10:59 AM PST, February 08, 2021 “Sales are down but we are persisting,” Clansey D’Isa of Chicagos Seminary Co-Op told Inside Edition Digital. “There is no question that we are here for the long fight.” When the world shut down in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, so too did many of the small businesses that are at the core of vibrant communities. Mom-and-pop shops already under pressure from bigger competitors struggle to stay afloat. Local restaurants relied on for a g...

Print Back in late February, when COVID-19 was an ominous but still-uncertain threat, Megan James held out hope for a big year on tour. Purity Ring, her L.A.-based electronic duo, had locked an April 3 release for its third LP, “Womb.” It had gone five years between albums and ached to hit the road with new material. The duo had booked a June hometown show at the 4,000-capacity Hollywood Palladium, with a global tour to follow. But the band got nervous as South by Southwest, then Coachell...