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Coronavirus COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Increase with Higher Income Inequality, Study Finds

The data shows that “high levels of income inequality harm population health, irrespective of racial or ethnic composition.”

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers January 28, 2021 5:43 pm EST
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Money The Moratorium on Student Loan Payments Ends Dec. 31—Three Weeks Before Biden Becomes President

Over the weekend, the Department of Education began reminding borrowers via texts and email that their monthly payments will resume on Jan. 1.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers November 16, 2020 3:41 pm EST
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Jobs The Pennsylvania Workers Barely Scraping by on an ‘Offensive’ Base Wage of $2.83 Per Hour

"It's really stressful, because being in the service industry, you rely so much on tips to make your money and it's very inconsistent."

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil October 30, 2020 12:26 pm EDT
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Money COVID Patients Are Slipping Through the Coverage Cracks and Getting Big Bills

Melissa Szymanski spent five hours in a Hartford, Connecticut, emergency room in late March and wound up with bills totaling about $3,200.

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Money More Than 100 Lawmakers Call on IRS to Help Domestic Abuse Survivors Get Their Missing Stimulus Checks

A national survey of 608 service providers found that 40% of DV survivors utilizing those organizations mentioned concerns about their stimulus checks.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright October 5, 2020 12:37 pm EDT

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Money When news about President Trump's taxes broke, many Americans wondered how he avoided paying anything for years. The answer? Tax breaks and loopholes benefit the rich.
Money How Trump and America’s Richest Avoid Taxes: They Have Wealth, Not Income

Most taxpayers will never receive the kind of tax breaks given to the wealthy, which expands inequality and hurts the middle class.

Meghan McCarthy Meghan McCarthy October 1, 2020 3:45 pm EDT
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Money 5 Months Later and More Than 8 Million Americans Are Still Waiting on Their Stimulus Checks

A new government watchdog report out Monday found individuals eligible for the economic impact payments approved by the CARES Act earlier this year have yet to receive that money because of inadequate IRS and Treasury Department records.

Associated Press Associated Press September 21, 2020 1:48 pm EDT