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Why Everyone Has Money Issues, But Nobody Is Talking About It

The thing about personal finance that is often underemphasized is just how personal it really is — and how so many of our financial choices are driven by

Capricorns Don’t Want To Be Rich, We Just Want To Devour Ou...

It’s often said that a classic Capricorn trait is to scoff at astrology. The sea goat, born between December 22 and January 20, is apparently too pra

My Partner Hid His Debt From Me For Years. Then, He Died

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Is That All There Is? Why Burnout Is A Broken Promise

In the story of our lives, we might be the main character, but work is the dominating theme, our constant motivation. It’s the central thing we do as

The Life-Changing Magic Of Having “Good Parents”

One day, when I was a teenager, my mom and I were driving down the highway listening to a playlist I’d made on my iPod, moving easily from one conver

The Vibes Are Off: What Happens When We Lose Our Shared Reality

There’s a collective feeling of malaise in the air. No one feels good right now, and it’s all we talk about online. We send deadpan tweets, sel

My Boyfriend Didn’t Pay Me Back, So I Put A Lien On His House

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Put The Salary In The Job Post, You Cowards

Once, at the end of a long job interview, after discussing everything else under the sun, I asked the interviewer what the pay range was for the position.

So, How Is It Really? Watching A Billionaire Go To Space

Nothing about the sentence “71-year-old billionaire Richard Branson is being launched into space from a New Mexico desert just nine days before billi

It’s Weirdly Sexy When Hot White Dudes Cry

We live in the era of thirst, a time when it’s normal not just to talk publicly about who and what you’re attracted to, but also to do so using

I Earn Much Less Than My Partner, But We Split Costs Evenly. How ...

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The Story Of Britney Spears Is A Story Of Disability Rights

There were a lot of messages to be gleaned from watching the recent documentary Framing Britney Spears, including a reminder that the intense scrutiny to w

April 7 Is Canada’s Equal Pay Day — Here’s How To Ral...

Wednesday, April 7 is Equal Pay Day 2021 in Canada. It’s yet another event we’ll be marking from a distance due to the coronavirus pandemic, but just b

How Credit Scores Rule — & Ruin — Our Lives

The idea of credit is simple — and old. You want something that you can’t offer anything for at the moment, so you work something out with the vendor.

Why Everyone Is Talking About GameStop Stocks — Or Is It Stonks?

Right now, Wall Street is in chaos — and it’s all thanks to Reddit and GameStop, a video game retailer that you probably visited in the early 2000s

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How To Survive Being Laid Off This Winter — It’s Not Easy, ...

Throughout the pandemic, losing a job has practically become a shared global trauma. Some 40 million Americans lost income at some point or another in 2020

The Literal Pain Of Working From Home

Complaining about work is normal. In fact, it’s an utterly ordinary thing to do even if you generally enjoy your job. We might groan about a tough pr

The Intern Who Created Spotify Wrapped’s Story Format Never...

In a short time, Spotify Wrapped has become an unmissable end-of-year ritual. People can’t stop sharing and dissecting their feelings about their Wra

Goodbye To Office Holiday Parties — We’ll Miss You (Sort Of)

Most years, the company holiday party is a chance to do everything from witness your boss getting a little too drunk and making a heartfelt, misty-eyed spe

Companies Are Now Turning Birthdays Into Work Holidays. Is This A...

People celebrate their birthdays in various idiosyncratic ways, but there are some near-universal traditions: having cake, blowing out candles and making a

These Jobs Have Seen The Sharpest Decline During COVID-19

If you ask people what they most value in a job right now, stability and security might come out on top. In a year when so many have experienced furloughs

Why Are Some People So Upset About Cancelling Student Debt?

U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden will not take office until January 20th, but people are already discussing what will and won’t change once he’s sworn in

Gen Z Isn’t Just Job Hunting — They’re Taking Aim At Why We Work

Searching for your first professional job during an economic downturn so severe it’s being compared to the Great Depression is bad enough, but doing so d

COVID-19 Doom-Shopping Is Real: “I Get Anxiety About Not Buying T...

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Welp, Yelp Is Warning For Racist Businesses & People Are Mad

What do you usually look for when you want a new restaurant to try? Maybe somewhere close to you, with a good menu, a nice ambience, affordable prices, and

Donald Trump Paid Just $750 USD In Federal Income Taxes — Is That...

On Sunday, the New York Times released a report on over two decades of Trump tax returns that it had obtained. Though it contains a dirty laundry list of t

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