Black tech workers hope nationwide protests will force industry to be more...
With the country entering its third week of protests over social and racial justice, the spotlight has been cast again on the state of blacks in the workforce — in particular, the glacial progress of...
View Article‘The dollar is going to fall very, very sharply,’ warns prominent Yale economist
Stephen Roach, Yale University senior fellow and former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman, has a warning for US dollar bulls. The prominent economist says that the era of the US buck may be coming to an end...
View ArticleBreaking down ‘miracle’ coronavirus survivor’s $1.1M hospital bill
This life-saving coronavirus treatment could easily drain someone’s life savings. And then some. A Seattle COVID-19 survivor knew that he must have run up a pretty huge medical tab after spending March...
View ArticleAmericans increasingly back Black Lives Matter — but will workplaces?
As support for the Black Lives Matter movement grows, companies with a public commitment to racial justice are grappling with how to address the matter internally — and some employees are speaking out....
View ArticleHow Brazil’s coronavirus approach led to the second-highest global death toll
As nurse Elson Oliveira, 41, drives to one of his three jobs at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, he takes a deep breath to get ready for another shift assisting more COVID-19 patients in critical...
View ArticleBritish government picking up half of restaurants tabs to help boost economy
Brits dining out in restaurants will have the cost of half of their meals picked up by the Government in an attempt to get them out and spending. The innovative scheme is aimed at kick-starting...
View ArticleAs a sizzling July continues, here’s what to know about climate change and...
Freakish Siberian heat and a record string of high-temperature days during the already typically soupy Washington, D.C., summer are two of a handful of weather phenomena adding to the public-health...
View ArticleFDA releases guidelines for cannabis-related research, but CBD will have to wait
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released preliminary guidance on Tuesday on cannabis-related clinical research, outlining how companies seeking approval of drugs that contain cannabis or its...
View ArticleCollege students are finding off-campus housing to create their own dorm...
Like thousands of students across the country, Harlow Brooks has resigned herself to the fact that her first year of college will be different from what she expected. The 19-year-old, who is beginning...
View ArticleSocial distancing ‘substantially varies’ by income, study finds
Sheltering in place and self-quarantining has been a luxury that many Americans cannot afford. Recent studies are painting a clearer picture of who has been practicing social distancing the most during...
View ArticleWhy some people are more likely to believe COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Think before you click. People who get their news from social-media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19, according to new study led by researchers...
View ArticleBlack New Yorkers with a college degree earn $21,900 less a year than their...
Creating a life of financial security in New York City is notoriously daunting. A new report suggests that the effort New Yorkers are putting into that goal isn’t paying off equally. At all levels of...
View ArticleGoing cashless during pandemic makes life more difficult for millions of...
Even though there have been many advancements in financial technology over the past decade, many Americans still prefer to pay in cash. In fact, cash was the most popular form of payment until 2019,...
View ArticleInside the struggle to close the coronavirus education equality gap
A few weeks ago, Sara Messinger sat in her New York City apartment researching the tutoring market. Messinger, 21, isn’t a parent looking for a way to cope with the uncertainty surrounding a pandemic...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 recession will widen the gender pay gap
COVID-19’s disproportionate economic toll on women could create a larger gender wage gap during and immediately after this downturn, suggests a new study. But the so-called she-cession could also fuel...
View ArticleHow meat plant COVID outbreaks revealed ‘devastating’ workplace conditions
Gütersloh county in the pine-and-oak forested flatlands of northern Germany is an industrial hub with washing-machine and tractor factories and the head office of a giant media conglomerate. But it is...
View Article‘Survival does not mean that individuals fully recovered’: Another warning...
There’s still so much we don’t know. The 2020 coronavirus and 1918 influenza are two highly contagious respiratory diseases that spread around the world in months, and lacked a vaccine when they first...
View ArticleMillions of COVID-hit nursing home residents risk losing their vote
For months, the pandemic has curtailed nursing home residents’ freedom of movement and visits with family and friends. Now, it is threatening their ability to vote. The 2.2 million residents of US...
View ArticleGoogle searches for ‘panic attack,’‘anxiety attack’ hit all-time high amid...
Keep calm and carry on? That’s been easier said than done this year. In fact, the number of Americans who Googled information about panic and anxiety attacks reached a 16-year high this spring, when...
View ArticleThis university created its own COVID-19 test and is testing students twice a...
Over the roughly week and a half that Ian Katsnelson has been back at his college, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the junior has developed a “mini-competition” with his friends to see who...
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