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This Site Promises To Teach Young People Money (And Clear Your Home of Kid Clutter)
All Tanya Van Court’s daughter wanted for her 9th birthday was “an investment account and a bike.
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In D.C., White Families Are on Average 81 Times Richer Than Black Ones
Other major cities aren’t much better.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his timely black history PBS series: ‘We have to be vigilant’
This year has seen a number of race-focused documentaries that seem especially relevant following a historically contentious election.
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Federal Judge Blocks Obama’s Expansion of Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers
“Employers that made big changes in their workforce ahead of the rule’s Dec. 1 effective date—either by raising managers’ salaries to the newly set threshold for overtime pay or eliminating job categories like assistant manager—say they aren’t yet planning to reverse course, while others are taking a wait-and-see approach,” the Wall Street Journal.
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A Basquiat Painting Transforms a College Museum into a Space for Protest
The Williams College Museum of Art has invited anyone to host conversations around Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart).
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Boy killed in Haiti amid protest over delay in Hurricane Aid
A teenage boy was fatally shot in Haiti on Tuesday amid protests over delays in aid distribution after a Category 4 hurricane pummeled the Caribbean country last month. It is the second such death reported in the past week.
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An Unflinching Meditation on the Violence Perpetrated Against Black Americans
In addition to the centuries of trauma that artists are exploring and attempting to reconcile with contemporary reality, there is also an underlying solidarity that weaves itself into the fabric of Non-fiction at the Underground Museum.
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Black Wealth in the Age of Trump
The president-elect has pledged tax reform and job creation—policies that should theoretically help poor and minority Americans. Will they?
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Millions Are About to Get a Raise for Overtime Work, and Republicans Are Plotting to Take It Away
It was just this spring that millions of Americans learned they were in for a big raise courtesy of the Obama administration’s long-awaited updating of the federal rules for overtime pay.
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