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Sweating out the summer heat at home
Sep 7, 2020

Sweating out the summer heat at home

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The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Plus: hotels are still struggling, only 3% of financial regulators in the U.S. have been Black and talking to kids about money requires honesty.

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COVID-19

Remote workers pay cooling bills or sweat out summer heat at home

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 7, 2020
Are employers obligated to chip in for home AC use during the pandemic?
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles.
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COVID-19

Hotel industry struggling during the pandemic

by Andy Uhler
Sep 7, 2020
Four in 10 hotel employees are still not working and two-thirds of hotels remain at less than 50% occupancy.
A worker wipes down ropes near the reception of a reopened Las Vegas hotel. Even as hotels reopen, two-thirds remain at less than 50% occupancy.
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Race and Economy

There have only been a handful of Black financial regulators, for generations

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 7, 2020
Only 10 of 327 top financial regulators appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate were Black.
About 3% of the financial regulators that oversee Wall Street have been Black, according to a report out from Georgetown University.
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Shelf Life

How to sell the future

by Bridget Bodnar and Charlton Thorp
Sep 7, 2020
A look at how advertising execs sold computers before any of us knew what they were.
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Talk to kids about money, and remember, they "eat up honesty"

by Amy Scott and Alli Fam
Sep 7, 2020
Shipra Parikh, a clinical social worker, explains why these conversations should be tailored to each families personal financial situation.
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Race and Economy

The founders of Black N' Animated reflect on their open letter to the animation community

by Alli Fam
Sep 7, 2020
At first, it felt silent. Which, when you're trying to start a conversation, can be unnerving.
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