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How immigration could help a shrinking American labor force

By Sabri Ben-Achour and Jonaki Mehta
January 29, 2019
Immigrants stand for the national anthem before becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in New York City in 2013.
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Young, productive workers "are the new scarce resource," one expert says.

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Why declining birth rates are a phenomenon in developing countries

By Sabri Ben-Achour and Jonaki Mehta
January 25, 2019
As part of our mini-series on fertility, we talk to a demographer about why fertility rates are declining in developing countries. 
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As part of our mini-series on fertility, we talk to a demographer about why fertility rates are declining in developing countries.

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U.S. markets on track for worst December since the Great Depression

By Sabri Ben-Achour and Kimberly Adams
December 25, 2018
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...and there are many reasons why.

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Divided Decade: Financial crisis yields lasting pain and new possibilities

By Tommy Andres and Hayley Hershman
December 21, 2018
Latrice Collins, one of more than 500 participants in our How We Changed series.
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We gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.

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Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed banking

By Tommy Andres
December 21, 2018
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Bigger, stronger banks … and threats.

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Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed retail

By Tommy Andres
December 20, 2018
American consumers have gotten used to deep discounts that started during the Great Recession.
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A decade later, everything is still on sale.

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Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed you

By Tommy Andres and Hayley Hershman
December 20, 2018
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We've gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.

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Seniors are still struggling to recover after the financial crisis

By Erika Beras
December 19, 2018
Kathy Stevens, 67, plays bridge with friends at Riverview Towers in Pittsburgh. Stevens lost about a third of her savings during the financial crisis in 2008. It set off a decade of scaling back and she now lives in subsidized senior housing.
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The number of seniors filing for bankruptcy has nearly doubled since 2007 to a record high of 12 percent, part of it driven by the financial crisis; another part by mounting debt for things like medical care, mortgage loans and credit card bills.

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Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed jobs

By Tommy Andres
December 19, 2018
Amy Grady, who ran as an independent for a seat in the West Virginia state Senate, teaches in her classroom at Leon Elementary on Oct. 18, 2018 in Leon, West Virginia.  West Virginia teachers went on strike this year demanding higher pay and better health care.
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The work we do and the way we’re paid is different.

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