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As labor market cools, job seekers must apply early and often

by Stephanie Hughes
Jul 8, 2024
Also, make sure their resumes are computer friendly.
More Americans want to work, according to latest reports, but that does not mean everyone is being hired.
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Why are movie box office results reported in dollars, rather than tickets sold?

by Janet Nguyen
Jul 5, 2024
Knowing a movie’s gross is important for Hollywood dealmaking. The rest of us are just obsessed with records.
The highly popular "Inside Out 2," released this summer, has already made more than $1 billion worldwide. Traditionally, the press has measured a movie's success by how much it's earned at the box office, not by how many people saw the film.
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June's jobs report indicates something we haven't seen in a while: normalcy

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 5, 2024
Conditions in the labor market increasingly look like they did before the pandemic.
Recent data shows a stable job market. To many, that's a relief after years of topsy-turvy pandemic-driven layoffs and labor shortages.
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A voyage down the Houston Ship Channel

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jul 5, 2024
While you may be hard pressed to find the Houston Ship Channel on anybody’s bucket list, this 110-year-old dredging work is critical to U.S. oil and gas exports and has a free guided boat tour that’s been around since 1958.
Captain Greg Penton steers the Sam Houston tour boat through the Houston Ship Channel during a summer tour.
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Gathering data on Native people is tricky. New federal rules won't help.

by Savannah Peters
Jul 5, 2024
The changes will impact the way American Indians and Alaska Natives show up in federal data, and could further obscure our understanding of economic conditions for Native people in this country. 
Changes to how data on race and ethnicity is collected in federal forms will impact the way American Indians and Alaska Natives show up in federal data.
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Labor Department's June report showed a cooling job market

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 5, 2024
We know the labor market is slowing, but by how much? And what does that mean for wage growth?
Economists are awaiting the release of the June jobs report, which will provide updates on the nation's labor market. Above, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee.
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For one Atlanta couple, running a restaurant also means fostering a sense of community

by Erika Soderstrom
Jul 5, 2024
Opening a comfortable, multicuisine restaurant helped Emily and Jen Chan support their son and the LGBTQ+ community.
Emily Chan's family warned her not to get into the restaurant industry — so that's exactly what she did.
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Charcuterie owner offers a feast for the eyes

by Sofia Terenzio
Jul 4, 2024
Shandra Turner launched Bougie Grazer in Atlanta after leaving her property management job during the pandemic.
Turner opened the Bougie Grazer "to get off the couch" during the COVID pandemic.
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Golden Promises

When confronting your family history means making slavery reparations

by Lee Hawkins
Jul 4, 2024
After Lotte Lieb Dula discovered her family connection to slavery, she crafted an online guide to reparations and racial healing.
Above, signs at a 2002 rally in support of reparations for slavery. Decades later, some progress has been made in implementing reparations in states and localities.
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National Debt

Does Social Security increase the national debt? It depends on how you define “debt.”

by Nova Safo and Kimberly Adams
Jul 4, 2024
The program pays $1.5 trillion a year and aids 70 million Americans. But it has its own budget and by law can't create debt or widen deficits.
Almost 70 million Americans receive Social Security benefits and the program pays out about $1.5 trillion a year, as Marketplace's Kimberly Adams explains.
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