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Selling ads and spacing out episodes for shows are a couple of methods the service is trying.

South Africa has seen a boom in coal exports. But critics say European countries shouldn’t keep feeding their coal habit.

Higher food prices and the loss of pandemic-era supports mean that not only are more families using food banks, they’re visiting them more often, advocates say.

The federal minimum wage has been changed since 2009, when Congress raised it from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.

A big part of the problem? A lack of new construction and municipal zoning laws that discourage or prohibit multifamily homes.

It’s just another example of “forced fun” at work, something we take a look at in the show “Severance” for Econ Extra Credit.

Econ Extra Credit newsletter #110

That’s a significant increase from the pre-pandemic estimate of 100 years. The pandemic worsened existing political, economic, educational and health inequalities between men and women.

Commuting expenses and training backlogs are just some of the problems compounding staffing shortages, union leader says.

Domestic migration, with people leaving cities for other areas, was a key reason urban populations declined, according to the Brookings Institution.