Category: Finance

Every year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social Security and Medicare publishes its annual financial report. And every year, its members make clear that the programs’ reserves will be exhausted by the time Gen X retires – meaning they will no longer be able to pay full scheduled benefits by the mid-2030s. While […]

Sports have been part of America’s big birthday celebrations in Philadelphia dating back to the Centennial Exposition of 1876, which featured an international regatta and helped establish Philadelphia as a global center for rowing. During the bicentennial festivities in 1976, the NHL, NBA and MLB all held their all-star games in Philadelphia, along with the […]

The release of the Jeffrey Epstein files in early 2026 wasn’t just a scandal about one man. It was an unexpected window into the hidden architecture of American corporate power. When the U.S. Department of Justice published more than 3 million pages of documents on Jan. 30, 2026, most of the media focused on the […]

U.S. homebuyers can’t get a break. The 30-year mortgage rate has been stuck at recent highs well above 6% and now averages 6.48%, according to the data released on June 4, 2026, by Freddie Mac, which bundles and sells home loans. That marks another blow for Americans hoping to buy a home or refinance their […]

Colorado’s breathtaking landscapes are increasingly overshadowed by breathtaking bills. Despite a high-growth economy, many households face a concerning paradox. Expenses are rising, but wages have not kept pace. To fill the gap, many families now rely on high-interest credit cards. Credit cards were once for extra purchases. Now, for some people, they are a vital […]

Roughly 20 million Americans live in manufactured houses, which are homes made in factories. Although they’re often called mobile homes or trailers, that’s really a misnomer because their owners can’t easily relocate them. Typically, the people who own them rent the land underneath the houses from the owners of manufactured home parks. Sometimes, an owner […]

When the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds. At that time, soccer wasn’t as popular among Americans as it is now, so expectations for attendance had been fairly low. So as the U.S. prepared to host the World Cup again in 2026, expectations for tourism were high. […]

A truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace. Hybrid work policies, which require some in-office work while allowing flexibility to work from home, have become commonplace. In 2023, only 20% of companies had implemented hybrid policies. That number had shot up to 38% in 2024 and to […]

A rapid series of administrative, staffing and policy changes the Social Security Administration underwent early on in the second Trump administration are making it much harder to get disability benefits that millions of Americans rely on to make ends meet. The agency cut more than 7,100 jobs – more than 13% of its workforce and […]

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. What happens to debt when someone dies? – Lucy, age 17, Cincinnati, Ohio Imagine everyone has a large piggy bank that represents everything they own. Inside it are items such […]