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
People Are So, So Mad at GameStop Investors and FinTok Influencers
Social media influencers are giving bad financial advice within a bad financial system. Traditional investment advisors are asking people to be rational in a market that isn't.
A Notoriously Annoying-to-Cancel Gym Chain Finally Lets Members Do It Online
Blink Fitness added the option after pressure from lawmakers. Hopefully it's a sign more gym chains will give up this customer-unfriendly quirk.
SEC Fines Robinhood $65M After It Cost Customers Millions of Dollars
The commission-free investment app lost customers $34.1 million and misled them about how it makes money, the SEC said.
Debt
Ridiculously Expensive Weddings Are Leaving Young Afghans in Debt
Opulent weddings became a mainstay after decades of civil war and unrest, but in the pandemic era, they’re only leaving grooms with crushing debts and fragile mental health.
I Fell Into £4,500 of Debt While I Was Depressed – Here’s How I Climbed Out
Without having my fees waived, I have no doubt I would still be struggling with the debt I racked up.
Who Got a PPP Loan? Dov Charney, Jeff Koons, and Flywheel, for Starters
Here are 10 notable entities who received tens of thousands, and in some cases millions, of dollars of COVID relief.
Inequality
Well-Timed Virtual Davos Conference Is Here to Solve COVID At Last
A global health and economic crisis won't stop the global elite from explaining how capitalism will totally fix everything.
COVID Has Made the Wealth Gap Even Worse Than We Thought
Earth’s top 10 billionaires watched as their collective wealth increased by $540 billion between March 18 and the end of December.
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.
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.