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Parents Who Double As Essential Workers Are Struggling More Than Ever. Here Are Their Stories.
Parents who continue in-person work through the pandemic have a bleak choice: risk exposing your family to the coronavirus, or face financial devastation.
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Students Are Going To Law School For Three Years To Get Executive JDs, But None Of Them Are Becoming Lawyers
A little-known and lightly regulated online school is offering students a three-year degree in the law with just one catch: They won’t be allowed to be lawyers after they graduate.
We Can Finally End The Myth Of The Lazy Millennial
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Savings Gone Due To Coronavirus? We Want To Hear From You.
Years of careful financial planning might not mean much right now. BuzzFeed News wants to hear from you.
Working Parenthood Is A Terrible Deal Right Now
Thanks to COVID, that fleeting dread most working parents experience now and then about being an utter failure is the new status quo.
My Landlord Is Threatening To Evict Me During A Health And Economic Crisis. What Do I Do?
Many states haven’t fully reopened yet, but housing courts have. Here’s what to do if your landlord is trying to evict you.
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We've come to the end of the road. Still I can't let go.
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