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Photo Credit: OlegRi / Shutterstock Like many sectors of the economy, the energy industry has faced new challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shifts in demand, production capacity, and dist...
Jonathan Jones Mar 07, 2022
Photo Credit: WAYHOME studio / Shutterstock Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, growing rent debt and the possibility of widespread evictions have been a major worry for many households and for the econ...
Emil Shour Mar 04, 2022
Photo Credit: Prath / Shutterstock Over the past few years, the U.S. has seen sharply increasing levels of violent crime. After two decades of decreases beginning in the mid-1990s, incidents have begu...
Robyn Avery Mar 03, 2022
Photo Credit: Urbanscape / Shutterstock Over nine million Americans, or about 6% of all workers, work night shifts regularly, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. These workers are vulnerabl...
Lauren Thomas Mar 02, 2022
Photo Credit: fizkes / Shutterstock By a variety of metrics, women's economic power has increased significantly in recent decades. The labor force participation rate for women has increased dramatical...
Lindsay Grimm Feb 28, 2022
Photo Credit: karamysh / ShutterstockHistorically low interest rates, higher family savings, and new-found work-from-home opportunities driven by pandemic-related restrictions have combined to stimula...
Jonathan Jones Feb 25, 2022
Photo Credit: Dreamer Company / Shutterstock One of the most significant economic stories of recent months has been the rapid growth in inflation. Recent Consumer Price Index data from the U.S. Bureau...
Jim Rainey Feb 24, 2022
Photo Credit: Freedomz / Shutterstock Home buying during the pandemic has been a story of bidding wars, housing shortages, and rapidly increasing home prices. Despite this, record low interest rates e...
Emil Shour Feb 23, 2022
Photo Credit: Vitalii Matokha / Shutterstock Living through one's teenage years is never easy, but for today's teens, it seems harder than ever to enjoy a happy, healthy adolescence. Late in 2021, the...
Robyn Avery Feb 23, 2022