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  • Bringing fresh food to everyone in New Orleans
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    It's been six years since Hurricane Katrina, and grocery chains are still hesitant to return to New Orleans. Actor Wendell Pierce is trying to fix that by launching his own grocery store chain.

  • While some states have legalized gay marriage, the federal government has not — which puts many same-sex couples at a loss on how to properly file their federal taxes.

  • Throughout history, rulers have imposed taxes on everything from wigs to windows, but astute tax avoiders have always found a way to escape them.

  • Former disc jockey and current Marketplace reporter Bob Moon shares 1040-themed songs over the decades.

  • Women's pay may be on the rise, but when it comes to things like health insurance, haircuts, dry cleaning, and deodorant -- women pay more than men. A university study looks into the potential factors behind the price difference.
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    Women's pay may be on the rise, but when it comes to things like health insurance, haircuts, dry cleaning, and deodorant — women pay more than men. A university study looks into the potential factors behind the price difference.

  • Apr 13, 2012

    What’s the rush?

    San Franciscans have the dubious honor of being the best tax procrastinators of 2011. One S.F. citizen talks about her lax attitude to filing.

  • People age 60 and older owe more than $36 billion in student loans. Tess discusses the latest debt bubble with Marketplace Education correspondent Amy Scott.

  • Apr 6, 2012

    House lust

    House lust
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    Tess interviews "Norumbega Park" author Anthony Giardina about the place that the house occupies in the American dream.

  • West Chicago magnet prepares students for high-skill manufacturing jobs, and for college

  • Marketplace's Jennifer Collins reports that home business owners who haven't paid taxes on their sales risk a contretemps with the IRS.