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What It’s Like To Lose $600: Real Stories From People Surviving On ...
Whizy Kim
Sep 1, 2020
Money Diaries
A Week In Cleveland, OH, On A $73,000 Joint Income
Sep 1, 2020
Fashion
Is It Possible To Be Anti-Capitalist And Love Fashion? It’s Complicated.
Cait Munro
Sep 1, 2020
Living
A Week In Salt Lake City, UT, On A $1,600,000 Joint Income
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News
Ivanka Trump Says She Created Jobs For Women. The Truth Is More C...
During a Republican National Convention with a head-spinning amount of lies and potentially illegal activity, Ivanka Trump again attempted to present herse
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Natalie Gontcharova
Coronavirus
To Make Things Worst, A New Survey Says Dads Are More Likely To G...
The pandemic has put parents in a position nobody could have prepared them for. To recap: Many parents struggle to balance work and childcare, but when we
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Michelle Santiago...
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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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Whizy Kim
Money Diaries
A Week In Portland, OR, On A $77,250 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money
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Work & Money
Asking For More Is Not Nearly Enough
You’ve seen the pithy, Instagram-friendly platitudes: Hustle hard! Slay your day! And, of course, always ask for more. You can’t get what you don
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Kristin Wong
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
Best Airbnb Rentals
Remote Workers Are Turning To Airbnb For Long-Term Stays
Back in March, when companies across the country began announcing that employees should work from home due to the impending threat of COVID-19, some of us
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Olivia Harrison
Money Diaries
A Week As A Student In Texas On A $7,000 Income
Welcome to Money Diaries — College Edition where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend thei
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Living
With College On Hold & Jobs Scarce, Gen Z Consulting Is Booming
It is truly the worst time to graduate. For one, any plan of having a Booksmart-inspired summer bash before leaving for college is shot, and so are the fre
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Michelle Santiago...
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
Money Diaries
A Week In Brooklyn, NY, On A $288,000 Joint Income
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money
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Money Diaries
A Week In Los Angeles, CA, On A $42,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money
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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
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A Week Taking A Semester Off From A University In Western Massach...
Welcome to Money Diaries — College Edition where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend thei
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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
Food & Drinks
Talking Shop With The Women Behind House Of Saka, A Revolutionary...
Being on the cutting edge of a new industry is tough. Just ask Cynthia Salarizadeh and Tracey Mason. In 2018, the pair teamed up to launch House of Saka, a
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Olivia Harrison
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
Living
A Week In Forest Hills, NY, On A $88,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money
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R29 Team
College
Schools Are Changing Their Minds About Opening Campuses This Fall...
Colleges and universities continue to struggle to adjust to the realities of an unending pandemic. First, it was the bungled switch to remote learning in t
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Michelle Santiago...
Living
A Week In Ulster County, NY, On A $86,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money
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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
Unbothered
This Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, I Want To Be Paid What I’m Owed
One of my favorite sayings is, “know your worth, then add tax to it.” As an undergraduate student at Hampton University, I said it during the on-stage
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Kyla L. Wright
Unbothered
Companies Don’t Need To Just Recognize Black Women’s ...
Black women are severely underpaid, and as we navigate a pandemic that has incited a caustic economic crisis, that harrowing reality burns even more deeply
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Stephanie Long
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
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