October 25, 2021

Black and Latino families continue to bear pandemic's great economic toll in U.S.

Los Angeles International Airport and SoFi Stadium employers spoke with potential job applicants at a job fair in Inglewood, Calif., in September. About 19 percent […]
October 25, 2021

Does the IRS really want to spy on your bank account? The latest tax fight explained

The IRS logo is seen displayed on a smartphone in this photo illustration. A battle over taxes continues to brew as the IRS is seeking […]
October 25, 2021

A man spent $57,789 in coronavirus relief aid on a Pokemon card, the feds say

Packs of Pokemon Co. cards in Random Lake, Wisconsin, U.S., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images A Georgia man lied in his […]
October 25, 2021

The Russian hacker group behind the SolarWinds attack is at it again, Microsoft says

The SolarWinds Corp. logo is seen at the headquarters in Austin, Texas in April. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images Last year a hacker group used […]
October 24, 2021

Your questions on office small talk, new commutes and changing careers

Trish Pickelhaupt | NPR If you're working (or job searching), you probably have a stack of questions you'd like to float to the HR department […]
October 21, 2021

Tech workers recount the cost of speaking out, as tensions rise inside companies

Frances Haugen; Janneke Parish; Chelsey Glasson Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Janneke Parish; Chelsey Glasson Former Apple program manager Janneke Parrish received some […]
October 21, 2021

Minnesota’s unemployment rate falls to 3.7 percent; wages rising

Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, as schools resumed and more people returned to the labor force. The state Department of Employment […]
October 20, 2021

Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse

The Schuylkill River floods Philadelphia in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in September. The extreme rain caught many by surprise, trapping people in basements and […]
October 19, 2021

Why are so many Americans quitting their jobs?

Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay Goodbye. Farewell. Adios. Sayonara. Workers have been giving their bosses an earful of such words as of late. Last week, the U.S. Bureau […]
October 18, 2021

Eased rules unleash ‘bulge’ in Minn. eviction cases

Eight cases that cycled through an Anoka County housing court one morning last week offered a glimpse at the shaky ground some Minnesota families are […]