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Everything You Need To Know If You’re Filing Taxes For The First Time

How To Ace A Virtual Job Interview

My Landlord Is Raising My Rent By 75%. Shouldn’t That Be Illegal?

So, How Is It Really? Being In A Unionized Workplace

Unions can be somewhat of an abstract idea — a concept you’ve definitely heard of, just not very relevant to your own life. After all, the union re

What Happens If You Can’t Repay Your Student Loans?

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Almost 100% Of My Income Goes Toward Rent

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The Humiliation Of Work Under Capitalism

All of us live multiple lives — our identities shift depending on where we are and who we’re with. You’re one kind of person to your close fr

I Lost My Inheritance Thanks To A Scammer

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Book Recommendations

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

Economic Inequality

Learning About Money Changed My Life — But Not In The Way You’d T...

Up until a few years ago, I knew less about money than the average person. At least, that’s how it felt. The extent of my financial philosophy was a)

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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Job Interview Tips

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.

My Mom Helped Me Buy A Home. Now I Can Barely Afford To Keep It

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Economic Inequality

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

I Make About $400 A Month & I’m Scared Of Getting A Raise

Jobs & The Economy

Let’s Talk About The Real Reason Ubers Are So Expensive Now

It’s the go-to topic for casual banter this summer, right behind mentioning how weird it feels to be socializing at all: Uber rides are now egregious

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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Should Golf Exist?

Golf is not a cool sport. It’s long been dismissed by young people as the pastime of stodgy old rich men — that’s nothing new. But it’s nev

Canceling Student Debt Doesn’t Help Rich People. Is That Wh...

Despite campaign promises about addressing soaring student debt numbers, President Biden still hasn’t moved to cancel even the $10,000 of debt he rec

Economic Inequality

How Do Rich People Avoid Paying Taxes? It’s Easy, Actually

Water and oil, night and day, billionaires and paying their fair share in taxes — this is just a short list of iconic opposites. It’s probably not

5 Single Parents Reveal How Much They Earn & Spend

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Visibility Isn’t Enough. Asian Americans Need To See Ourselves

A stranger asking me where I’m from doesn’t horrify me — it just jolts me out of place. Suddenly I’m looking at myself from outside my own body, as

For Millennials, The Dream Of Adulthood Is Dead — & That’s Okay

If you think about it, Midsommar is actually the perfect coming-of-age movie. As in, age is coming for you. For the film’s fictional cult, each life

Are You Eligible For The New Child Tax Credit? Here’s What ...

Raising children has been especially difficult during the pandemic, as many parents have had to juggle work with childcare, or take care of their children

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