Sep 7, 2020

Sweating out the summer heat at home

The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Plus: hotels are still struggling, only 3% of financial regulators in the U.S. have been Black and talking to kids about money requires honesty.

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COVID-19

Remote workers pay cooling bills or sweat out summer heat at home

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Sep 7, 2020

Are employers obligated to chip in for home AC use during the pandemic?

The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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COVID-19

Hotel industry struggling during the pandemic

by Andy Uhler

Sep 7, 2020

Four in 10 hotel employees are still not working and two-thirds of hotels remain at less than 50% occupancy.

A worker wipes down ropes near the reception of a reopened Las Vegas hotel. Even as hotels reopen, two-thirds remain at less than 50% occupancy.

Ethan Miller/Getty Images

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Race and Economy

There have only been a handful of Black financial regulators, for generations

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Sep 7, 2020

Only 10 of 327 top financial regulators appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate were Black.

About 3% of the financial regulators that oversee Wall Street have been Black, according to a report out from Georgetown University.

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

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Shelf Life

How to sell the future

by Bridget Bodnar and Charlton Thorp

Sep 7, 2020

A look at how advertising execs sold computers before any of us knew what they were.

Courtesy Mungia

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COVID-19

Talk to kids about money, and remember, they "eat up honesty"

by Amy Scott and Alli Fam

Sep 7, 2020

Shipra Parikh, a clinical social worker, explains why these conversations should be tailored to each families personal financial situation.

Leo Patrizi/Getty Images

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Race and Economy

The founders of Black N' Animated reflect on their open letter to the animation community

by Alli Fam

Sep 7, 2020

At first, it felt silent. Which, when you're trying to start a conversation, can be unnerving.

Courtesy of Waymond Singleton

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Music from the episode

The Seed (2.0) The Roots, Cody Chesnutt

Regulate Warren G, Nate Dogg

Year One Elaquent

Dusty Blue Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band

Dive Out Mono/Poly

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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