How to Look for a Job When Everything Feels Hopeless
The economy is in the toilet and there's a pandemic happening, but somehow we are still expected to look for work.
Personal Finance
Robinhood's Gamification of Investing Combines Surveillance Capitalism With Finance Capitalism
The investment app's interface oversimplifies investing to the point where new investors can get way in over their heads.
The Good News Is That John Kerry Believes In Climate Change
The bad news is he believes in market-led solutions that have already failed.
Debt
I Got into £8,000 Debt Funding My Lifesaving Gender Transition
I didn't want to wait for years in a body in which I felt like an imposter.
'Why Do I Keep Buying Stuff I Don't Need With Money I Don't Have?'
Despite the best financial intentions, there are always things we want to spend money on that feel very important, like fall candles and sweatpants.
The 'Get Rich Quick' MLM Schemes Targeting Gen Z During Lockdown
Young people out of work from COVID-19 are falling victim to controversial multi-level marketing schemes.
Inequality
Forced to Abort, Tortured: Indian Women Continue to Face Violence Over Obsession With Male Children
In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a man ripped open his pregnant wife’s belly to find out if it was a boy.
Ancient Graves Reveal Wealth Gap Existed Even in the Stone Age
The Neolithic times had the haves and the have-nots too.
As Indian Classes Go Online, Those Who Can't Afford Smartphones Go Without
Almost 70 percent of India's population live in rural areas where internet is still a luxury.
Corruption
Central America Is Really Hoping Biden Will Fix Their Corruption Problems
The U.S. abandoned support for anti-corruption drives under President Donald Trump. Many hope that President-elect Biden will bring the pressure to eradicate graft back.
Fugitive Malaysian Billionaire Jho Low ‘Tried to Bargain’ for Freedom
A damning investigation revealed leaked phone calls from Low.
A Notorious Rebel Leader Just Got Peru's President Impeached From Prison
Martín Vizcarra was fighting corruption hard. It got him fired.