cost of living
The Students Using Self Check-Out to Rob Supermarkets
"With my own money I could maybe buy a baguette and a tub of hummus per day, certainly no smoothies or sushi."
Harvard Tells Grad Students to Get Food Stamps to Supplement The Unlivable Wages It Pays Them
The university is hosting an event encouraging graduate students to apply for federal food assistance.
In the Middle of a Housing Crisis, the Government Will Quietly Pull $65M From Homeless Services
" It's hard to imagine a worse time to cut homelessness funding.”
Petrol Prices Should Have Dropped By Now But Companies Are Ripping Us Off
Like most of life’s problems, capitalism is to blame.
WTF Is Going on With Absurd Egg Prices? Corporate Greed, Group Tells FTC
Egg producers' profit margins are soaring as Americans struggle to keep up with price hikes, Farm Action said in a letter to the FTC.
Dollar Stores Are the ‘Fastest-Growing’ Food Retailers In US, Study Finds
As the cost of everything from food to gas goes up, Americans—especially in rural areas—are getting a bigger share of groceries at dollar stores.
2022 Was the Year of Survival
A yearly wrap-up of all the things that happened...Now, excuse me while I go take some feet pics to pay my rent.
The Cost of Living Crisis Is Ruining Sex
The financial meltdown isn't just hitting people's wallets – it's also wiping out their dating lives.
Turns Out There Really Aren’t Enough Jobs Going Around
There’s currently 15 people for every entry level job available across the country.
A Major Government Housing Policy Will Only Deliver 184 New Affordable Homes, Analysis Finds
Only 2 percent of the 1 million homes being promised by the Housing Accord will be affordable. All of them are in Greater Darwin.
People Are Turning to Sex Work as Costs of Living Rise—and They’re Being Punished for It
“There is nothing I was doing on OnlyFans that I wasn’t doing as a single woman except that I found a way to monetize it.”
Young People Are Taking More Drugs Now Because Life Sucks
According to new research, one in five 16 to 25-year-olds are using drugs to "escape problems in their lives".