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
Credit Unions and Self-Described Ethical Banks Email Customers Assuring Them They Still Have Money
Boring banks are once again here to remind you that boring banking is good.
AI Could 'Harm the Global Financial System, Supply Chain' US Gov Guidelines Say
The new government guidelines present a framework for mitigating AI harms across a wide swath of society.
Debt
What It's Like to Lose Your Home While at University
Students who can't rely on the bank of mum and dad to cover soaring rent and bills are suddenly finding themselves without a home.
My Friend Is In Serious Debt. How Do I Help?
“She’d rather get food delivered three times a day than make one trip to the supermarket.”
Ordinary People Are Smuggling Millions for Drug Dealers
Tara Hanlon flew regularly to Dubai and described it as a “perfect life”. Then she got caught at Heathrow with £1.9m in vacuum-packed bags.
Inequality
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers Making $2 an Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT
Despite their integral role in building ChatGPT, the workers faced grueling conditions and low pay.
New Study Shows 'Man-Children' Are Destroying Women's Sex Drives
Here's how to spot the behaviour - and fix it.
This Country Has 70 New Millionaires Every Day. Why Is it Among the World’s Hungriest?
Nearly 800 million Indians depend on the government’s chronically underfunded food security programme.
Corruption
These Politicians in Cash-Strapped Pakistan Were Gifted the World’s Most Expensive Watches
Newly declassified records expose hundreds of Pakistan’s ruling elite who bought pricey state gifts for a fraction of their price.
Thousands of ‘Dead’ Men Are Fighting to be Declared Alive
In India, a growing community of the “living dead” is exposing weak land laws and a trail of land grabs.
The UK Just Received Its Worst Ever Score on a Global Corruption Index
But an anti-corruption expert told VICE World News that Transparency International's annual rankings ignore the central role played by the world's richest countries in corruption.