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Work & Money
There’s Work To Be Done This Labor Day
Whizy Kim
Sep 4, 2020
Food News
Exclusive Report: Chipotle Pays $46,220 In Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Whizy Kim
Sep 3, 2020
Coronavirus
Can The CDC Save America From An Eviction Crisis?
Whizy Kim
Sep 2, 2020
Food News
In New Lawsuit, 52 Black McDonald’s Franchise Owners Say Th...
Remember the old days, when hearing “you know, that famous McDonald’s lawsuit” made you think of hot coffee? That might soon change. Last night, 52 B
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
What It’s Like To Lose $600: Real Stories From People Survi...
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
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
How To Help Someone Financially Without Being Rude (Or Ruining Th...
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
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Work & Money
Are NBA Players Boycotting Or Striking? Why It’s Important ...
Professional sports are coming to a halt in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this past Sunday. Blake is currently in t
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
Starbucks Branch Linked To At Least 66 COVID-19 Cases — But Emplo...
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
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
How Much Should You Tip During COVID-19?
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,
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Uber & Lyft Legal Battle Exposes The Big Lie About Gig Work
Today, a California appeals court granted a last-minute extension on a court order that required Uber and Lyft to reclassify its drivers as employees by mi
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Whizy Kim
College
Student Loan Debt Should Be Canceled. Until Then, Here Are The St...
During the pandemic, it’s been hard enough to cover living expenses month to month — and it’s worse when so many of us are also saddled with college
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Whizy Kim
Living
You Still Need A Vacation. Yes, Even Now.
Remember the early days of the coronavirus, when we earnestly thought that, surely, this would all blow over in a couple of weeks? Since then, we’ve take
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Is It Time To Ditch Your Bank? Here Are Some Reasons To Switch
Chances are, you’ve never switched banks. A recent study by Bankrate found that Americans enter long-term relationships with their banks, using the same
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Senate Leaves Congress Until September Without Reaching A Stimulu...
Without reaching a deal on a fifth COVID-19 stimulus package, the Senate left Congress today for August recess until September 8th. For weeks, since senato
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Only 7% of White Workers Believe Racism Exists In Their Workplace
When the George Floyd protests began in late May, it seemed like many companies and industries around the country were suddenly engaged in a “reckoning?
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Uber Might Briefly Shut Down In California After Court Rules That...
This story was originally published on August 11th, 2020. According to some estimates, over 50 million people today may be engaged in some type of gig work
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Why Our Economy Needs International College Students
International college students in the U.S. have been made to feel extremely unwelcome in the past few months, as the Trump administration goes back-and-for
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Will The $600 Extra Unemployment Be Extended?
This story was originally published on July 31st, 2020. The $600 in supplemental unemployment benefits officially expired last week, before an extension wa
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Whizy Kim
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Tech
Nintendo’s Profits Are Up 428% — That’s A Lot Of Bells
No one’s had a better financial year than Tom Nook, the proprietor who tasks you with building your own island village in Nintendo’s hit game Animal Cr
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
According To This Survey, Two-Thirds Of Workers Have Returned To ...
Since March, when the COVID-19 crisis began, there’s been non-stop talk about the sudden disappearance of the office from modern life. Though remote work
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Should My Employer Pay For My Air Conditioning?
How much was your energy bill this month? Do you want to talk about it? For those who worked outside of their homes before the pandemic, the bump in utilit
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
Boycotts Are More Popular Than Ever — But Do They Work?
Every five seconds, a new boycott is born. Or at least, that’s definitely how it feels these days — check your social media feed and there’s
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
The GDP Saw An Enormous Drop Last Quarter. Does That Mean We̵...
Headlines have been buzzing about what seems like the latest omen of doomsday: According to a report released today, the gross domestic product (GDP) nosed
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
It Turns Out That Getting $600 A Week Doesn’t Make You Lazy
There are few things more American than apple pie, yellow school buses, and believing that people getting government assistance are lazy. But the age-old n
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
Google Employees Will Work From Home Until At Least Next Summer
It’s been a subdued summer for most of us, with none of the usual vacation plans and get-togethers. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be making plans fo
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
Major U.S. Airlines No Longer Allow Medical Exemptions For Masks
Airplanes have been a tense battleground during the coronavirus pandemic. While most people have complied with airlines putting mask requirements in place,
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
Federal Lawsuit Filed By Whole Foods Workers Who Wore Black Lives...
Since George Floyd was killed by police in late May, Black Lives Matter protests have continued to demand real change in dismantling racism across the nati
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Whizy Kim
Work & Money
There’s No Money In Working Anymore
When’s the last time you got a raise, and how much was it? For so many Americans, the answer is too long ago and not enough. Last year, the Brookings Ins
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Whizy Kim
Jobs & The Economy
Today, Workers Across The Nation Are Striking For Black Lives
If you can, consider walking off your job today. In over 25 cities, tens of thousands of workers across many industries — often workers we’ve begun cal
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Whizy Kim
Coronavirus
Who Got Stimulus Payments First? Not The Americans Who Most Neede...
After Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, guaranteeing a $1,200 stimulus payment to individuals making $75,000 or less, we experienced a lot of co
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Whizy Kim
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