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Here’s How The Nation’s Two Largest States Plan To Crack Down On Predatory Lending
By Alan Pyke http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/payday-loans-neon-sign-royalty-free-image/173610801 Predatory lenders thrive in Texas, where regulations are scarce on stores that offer payday advance loans and allow borrowers to put their cars up as collateral for high-cost, short-term credit. But a trio of bills being … Continue reading
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Tagged business, California, economy, money, Payday loan, predatory lending, Texas
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Job Sprawl Hurts Minorities and Poor in Suburbia
By Haya El-Nasser Aida “Didi” Nuñez used to have a car and a job she could drive to. Then she lost her job at a community center when funding dried up. And then she had an accident and lost her … Continue reading
Walmart shareholders will not get to vote on gender pay gap proposal
By Jana Kasperkevic Thanks to a no-action letter from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Walmart was allowed to block a shareholder vote on a resolution that would require it to disclose any gender pay gap. The resolution was not … Continue reading
Breaking Ad: When Hip-Hop First Went Corporate
By Kyle Coward First up is the Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man rapping over a minor-key piano sample atop a classic East Coast boom-bap beat, climaxing with a roar and proclaiming that he likes to wet his whistle with a 40-ounce. … Continue reading
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Tagged business, commercialization, hip-hop, marketing, money, music
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For U.S. Women, Inequality Takes Many Forms
By Ariel Smilowitz The gender wage gap is a complex problem, and we’ll need to address factors like race and region to solve it. Although we are only a few months into 2015, it has already proven to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged income disparity, income inequality, jobs, money, politics, United States, wages
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By One Measure, Wages for Most U.S. Workers Peaked in 1972
By Jeffrey Sparshott By one measure, wages for most U.S. workers peaked more than four decades ago. Adjusted for inflation, average weekly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees–the bulk of the workforce–topped out in October 1972, according to the Labor … Continue reading
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Tagged finances, income, money, real pay, United States, wages
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The Racial Wealth Gap in America
How can America become more financially equitable for all?
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Tagged economy, financial opportunity, income disparity, life, money, poverty, race, video, wealth gap
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Why We Must Fight for 15 and a Union
By Angel Rivera My name is Angel Rivera. Like the Fight for 15 workers who are protesting across the country today, I know what it’s like to work hard, but be unable to get by because of poverty wages and … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employment, income inequality, jobs, life, minimum wage, minimum wage increase, money, United States, Working poor
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Will Jay-Z lead artists into a powerful new digital era?
By Ashahed M. Muhammad Jay-Z rarely uses social media so when he used his Twitter account to communicate with his 3.1 million followers, people kind of knew something was brewing. It was seen as a major move when the Hip … Continue reading
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Tagged business, digital music, entertainment, Jay-Z, money, music, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify, technology, TIDAL
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How the Vitamin Industry Tricks People Into Shelling Out Millions for Bunk Products
By Allegra Kirkland Would you ever pay money for pills containing crushed-up houseplants, powdered rice or fragments of psychiatric medications? If you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans who take dietary supplements, the answer could very well be … Continue reading
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Tagged business, dietary supplements, drugs, Food and Drug Administration, health, money, vitamins
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