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Past articles by Jason:

My family is trying to move to Canada to escape the anti-trans laws spreading in the US

The mother of a transgender teenager explained how her family is taking steps to move to Canada because they're worried about US anti-trans laws. → Read More

Millennials in their 30s are sitting in an economic quagmire that could stick with them through retirement

Millennials in their 30s are accumulating debt at an alarming rate. It's just one way the economy is slamming the group. → Read More

A small Japanese town charges visitors to learn its baby-making tips

Births in Japan hit an all-time low last year, but in one small town, population growth is thriving. → Read More

Some companies have used a legal loophole to avoid paying overtime by giving workers exaggerated job titles

Between 2010 and 2018, a growing number of companies started classifying workers as managers to avoid paying them overtime, an NBER paper shows. → Read More

A laid-off Meta worker says she's struggling after not getting the 16 weeks of severance her fellow employees received: 'I'm going through my kids' closet and selling their old clothes'

Meta offered laid off employees a baseline four months of severance pay, except for workers cut from a year long diversity program. → Read More

Childcare is unaffordable almost everywhere across the country — and where it's even pricier, fewer women are employed

Childcare is eating up, at minimum, 8% of families' incomes, and households under the poverty line spend nearly a third of their income on childcare. → Read More

Biden's new retirement law means you may not have to choose between paying off student debt and saving for the future

Starting next year, your boss can match whatever you're paying in student loans through retirement plans like 401(k)s and Roth IRAs. → Read More

Trump tells Republicans to leave Medicare and Social Security cuts out of negotiations as the debt ceiling showdown heats up

"Do not cut the benefits our seniors worked for and paid for their entire lives," Trump said as negotiations for raising the debt limit are underway. → Read More

Elizabeth Holmes, Donald Trump, and childcare are all contributing to a loss of trust in women leaders

Trust in women leaders is depleting worldwide a survey found. High-profile sexism and a lack of childcare options are among the culprits. → Read More

Doctors explain why pending 'ominous' cuts to Medicare would limit healthcare for seniors in the new year

Medicare cuts set for January would create a domino effect, doctors say. They'll get less funding, so patients will receive worse, or less, care. → Read More

Now that Americans elected Democrats to keep the Senate, here are their 3 major plans to fix the economy and fight inflation

Democrats who won close Senate races, like John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto, had plans for the economy that helped secure their victories. → Read More

The Trump and COVID eras tanked immigration to the US. Reversing that could help ease a recession risk, sky-high inflation, and a labor crisis.

Immigration restrictions put in place by Trump, as well as the pandemic, have led to a labor shortage that's making inflation worse. → Read More

Payment service Zelle is 'rampant with fraud and theft, and few customers are getting refunded,' Elizabeth Warren warns in her latest crackdown on banking tech

Zelle repaid just $3 million in payments for the over $200 million in fraud through 2021 and early 2022, a report from Sen. Elizabeth Warren found. → Read More

Don't expect Congress to step up and help with inflation

Congress could impose taxes on corporations' profits and the ultra-wealthy to take a bite out of soaring prices, but it's highly unlikely right now. → Read More

What's at stake in this week's congressional vote to keep the government open, including Manchin's push to make it easier to build fossil fuel projects

Manchin's bill faces opposition from progressives and Republicans alike. It's the major sticking point in a deal to prevent a government shutdown. → Read More

Biden made a major dent in the student debt crisis — and it's time he does the same for the growing medical debt load in the US, attorneys and advocates say

As millions of Americans struggle to pay back medical debt and healthcare costs are on the rise, experts see parallels to the student debt crisis. → Read More

The child-free life could save you $300,000 per kid

The cost of raising a kid in the US shot up more than $26,000 in just the last two years. It could add fuel to the child-free movement. → Read More

3 reasons some highly paid professionals like doctors and lawyers still have 7 figures in student debt they can't pay off

Some doctors and lawyers have $1 million or more in student-loan debt. Here's how they get buried in loans they can't repay despite high salaries. → Read More

Meet a dad with 6-figure student debt for his kids' college who Airbnbs his house for an extra $31,000 a year to keep up with payments

After his kids graduated college, George Botelho took over their loans to help them out. Between that payment and alimony, he can barely stay afloat. → Read More

3 signs it's getting less competitive to buy a home

Prices in hot markets are dipping and buyers are scrambling to cancel contracts — good news for people intimidated by the competitive buying process. → Read More