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Extreme heat, urgent need for AC challenges infrastructure
by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 28, 2021
Nonprofit Climate Central estimates that home air conditioning use will increase almost 60% over the next 30 years.
The Fed walks a tightrope: Stimulate the economy without causing a housing bubble
by Marielle Segarra
Jun 28, 2021
The central bank's been keeping interest rates low in part by buying up mortgage-backed securities. That has Fed officials keeping a wary eye on the housing market for signs of overheating.
Shelf Life
Why the words of America’s first Black economist resonate today
by Kimberly Adams and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 28, 2021
“She was prescient in many ways,” says Nina Banks, editor of a new book on the speeches and writing of Sadie T. M. Alexander.
The expanded child tax credit could "cut poverty in half"
by Samantha Fields
Jun 28, 2021
Starting July 15, most parents will get monthly payments for half of the tax credit instead of a lump sum at tax time.