My Economy
My Economy tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of people trying to make it, because we know the only numbers that really matter are the ones in your economy.
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Retirement might not be in the cards for everyone
by
Sarah Leeson
Feb 21, 2023
Shelley Rivers, a substitute teacher in Iowa City, Iowa, says she never even had the expectation that she'd fully retire.
How ASMR videos earn bonus revenue for this cleaning company
Feb 15, 2023
“It has become so easy,” said Samad Abdulai, owner of C3 Laundry Services.
Alaskan siblings challenge Native knockoffs with their own Indigenous designs
by
Sarah Leeson
Jan 16, 2023
In Juneau, Rico and Crystal Worl draw from their Tlingit and Athabascan heritage to create designs for everyday items like playing cards.
On their first date, this now-married couple decided to open a business
by
Andie Corban
Dec 30, 2022
Aryn Henning Nichols and Benji Nichols run Inspire(d) magazine from Decorah, Iowa.
How a Buffalo child care center saved itself by closing temporarily
Nov 25, 2022
The worker-owned co-op shut down in the spring due to staffing shortages. It reopened by raising wages and tuition.
“Newsflash: Not all horses have perfect hair”
Nov 24, 2022
After designing an “Afrocentric” hairpiece for her horse, Chanel Rhodes set about making colorful horse wigs for sale.
Prepping the party for a winter World Cup
Nov 21, 2022
The Nomad World Pub has hosted a monthlong watch party for the past six World Cups. Now the party's on for this year's winter World Cup.
For public good, not for profit.
Teaching women and nonbinary folks the art of woodworking
by
Anais Amin
Nov 16, 2022
There aren't enough instructors to keep up with demand at Jess Hirsch's Fireweed Community Woodshop in Minneapolis.
How the pandemic pushed this nonprofit worker to start her own businesses
by
Andie Corban
and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 3, 2022
In addition to her day job, Jennifer Barton of Buffalo now sells mugs and other goods she makes, plus owns a community art studio.
At a historic Buffalo, NY, inn, fair wages mean there's no such thing as a labor shortage
by
Andie Corban
Nov 1, 2022
Joseph Lettieri, co-owner and operator of InnBuffalo off Elmwood, almost sold the hotel in 2020. Now, it's the busiest it's ever been.