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The coronavirus pandemic has left the economy and job market in shambles, as entire industries came to a sudden stall beginning in March. Around 12.6 milli

Everywhere we turn lately, there’s one message we can’t avoid: Vote. Sometimes it’s even dramatized to the false choice, “Vote or die.” With such

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

Surprise, surprise. Less than 48 hours after dramatically decreeing that he was striking down stimulus bill negotiations until after he “won” the elect

This past Thursday, during possibly one of the most hectic news weeks of the year, Amazon published a blog post announcing their dedication to more compreh

This week has been even more chaotic than usual. And given the events of this year, that’s saying something. First, there was an agonizing presidential d

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Since the middle of March, as coronavirus lockdowns began, the unemployment rate has remained high. It surged to over 14% in April, as more and more indus

There’s no COVID-19 vaccine yet, but some CEOs seem to be itching to have employees within their sights again. According to Bloomberg, in a recent meetin

Amid a pandemic that has killed almost 200,000 people in the U.S., when it’s likelier than ever that essential workers may need to call off from work, fo

Back in early August, Congress couldn’t agree on the next stimulus bill before its month-long recess — Democrats wanted it beefy, providing a lot more

It’s been a year of historic labor strikes, and another major strike action started this week. Yesterday and today, members of academia across higher

2020 has, among many other things, been a case study in the infuriating ways that companies behave badly. There’s been story after story on corporati

A CDC order released on Tuesday and effective immediately stops all residential evictions until December 31st, 2020 for people who make $99,000 a year or l

It’s been over a month since tens of millions of Americans saw their weekly income slashed by $600 after the federal unemployment supplement was whisked

Helping someone out financially can be hard. Not just because your own budget may be tight, but because money is such an emotionally charged subject. Bring

While Pumpkin Spice Lattes are officially back in the U.S. and Canada today for the 17th year in a row, a Starbucks in South Korea has been making headline

The U.S. is an outlier when it comes to the enormous number of places where tipping is expected — restaurants, bars, coffee shops, food delivery, hotels,