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Income inequality has been growing in the U.S. for decades. One way to look at it, to see how non-normal the distribution of income has become,…

The U.S. housing sector is back in full swing and builders are best positioned to ride the wave, Fannie Mae’s FNMA, -0.48% economists say.The housing market…

Around 150 million people, or about half the U.S. population, are under heat alerts after extreme temperatures even for July pushed into the highly populated I-95…

Paranoid about ticks this summer? Add red meat to that list, too.The CDC reported that there were more than 110,000 suspected cases of alpha-gal syndrome, or…

Americans abroad are at a disadvantage when it comes to taxes because, unlike the majority of developed nations, the United States operates a citizenship-based taxation system…

For all the attention that’s been paid to how toy-industry executive Ty Warner turned Beanie Babies into a can’t-keep-them-in-stock sensation some three decades ago, there’s also…

In 2018, I was let go from my six-figure job. As a then-57-year old woman, I was unable to find a similar job, even with an…

Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State because of its eponymous and picturesque mountain range. The bucolic state’s hills, lakes, rivers, and fields charm outdoor…

I have a very happy marriage. We have two teenage children, 13 and 15, who are very well balanced, and who are currently at summer camp.…

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