Segments From This Episode

• Post office’s financial woes partly Congress’ doing

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Congress passed a law in 2006 that requires the Postal Service to prepay health benefits for retirees. It’s had trouble doing that.

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• California blackouts reflect a complicated supply-and-demand problem

  by Andy Uhler

  

  The load can overwhelm the electric grid during heat waves, but this summer’s outages have raised new questions.

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• The student debt crisis hits Black Americans the hardest

  by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios

  

  How systemic racism fueled the student debt crisis for Black borrowers.

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• Workers are putting off vacation as pandemic increases stress

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Americans have never been great about time off. But now it’s more difficult — and more crucial — than ever.

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