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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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Personal Finance

What is debt-to-income ratio and how does it affect you?

Icons representing money and debt on opposite sides of a line, balancing on a wallet symbolizing income on a flourescent yellow background, with a white post it saying "Debt to Income Ratio."

Study from math learning platform shows difficulty in motivating teachers to change behaviors

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AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

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What are the most common types of procurement?

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Retail labor plans fall short on the front line, survey finds

Small business owner changes store sign to closed.

Business & Economy

DEI isn’t dead: See the companies standing behind inclusion

Shoppers enter a Costco Wholesale store in Peoria, Arizona.

Business & Economy

The self-service revolution: How kiosks are reshaping fast-casual dining

Customer using a digital menu to choose their food and pay electronically.

Business & Economy

How small businesses are navigating rising uncertainty in 2025

Cafe small business owners planning budget and other business concerns.

Business & Economy

Summer business energy strategies to impact your bottom line

A large printing business for newspapers and magazines and their paper rolls and offset printing machines.

Careers

The evolution of design thinking: From products to problem-solving across industries

A young graphic designer at work in office.

ChatGPT has the answers. Great leaders have the questions

Problem-solving concept illustrated with halftone collage of two hands holding a lightbulb and a question mark.

Love your job? You’re more likely to be a manager

Satisfied woman happily sitting at work with her hands behind her head.

Knowing when it's time to talk to an employment attorney

An employee handbook and a cup of coffee in front a work computer keyboard.

5 key global hiring trends to watch

An employee working from home in a videocall session with the CEO and other employees.

Education

Study from math learning platform shows difficulty in motivating teachers to change behaviors

Person holding smartphone with lots of message alert icons superimposed on the screen, with laptop in the background.

AI skeptic creates chatbot to help teachers design classes

Human hand shaking robot hand, symbolizing human-robot collaboration and technology.

Teen tech trends and school cellphone bans

A Yondr pouch which holds and locks smartphones.

Student absences have surged since COVID-19. Some lawmakers say parents should be jailed

A school chair behind bars.

Education

Students at this law school get a firsthand look at a 'broken' immigration law system

Graphic showing a visa page with the text "United States of America, Permanent Resident" and a USA flag in the background.

Real Estate

Aging homes, rising prices: The 10 cities with the oldest houses in the U.S.

Wooden houses in the industrial suburb of Buffalo, NY, USA.

Renting vs. buying: How housing costs compare across America

Aerial view of the Phoenix suburbs in Surprise, Arizona.

6 of the best cities for 55+ homebuyers in 2025 and where demand is cooling

Atlanta, Georgia, USA overlooking Piedmont Park at dusk.

10 worst states to be a landlord (avoid these risky markets)

Anxious landlord rubbing eyes while looking at documents.

The renter suburb: Renters outnumber owners in 203 suburbs in largest US metros

A row of double story suburban homes.

Business & Economy

How AI is transforming manufacturing industries

A factory optimizes digitalization where workers are working on high-tech equipment.

Business & Economy

Ranked: The states paying the closest attention to America's manufacturing crisis

Aerial view of Ford's Flat Rock Assembly plant in Michigan.

Business & Economy

States that stand to be the most impacted by tariffs

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How many accidents are caused by texting and driving?

Man distracted texting on his smartphone while driving.

How to build business credit without using personal credit

A professional copywriter taking a phone call while working with a laptop in a cafe.

Saving sinking homes

Schoolchildren play on melting ice at the climate change affected Yupik village of Napakiak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska on April 18, 2019.

Education

After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them.

Educators protest The California Department of Education as they claim blocking SFUSD from hiring critical staff outside of the San Francisco Unified School District.

Private equity is turning mobile homes into health hazards. What can governments do?

Dusk falls on cars parked next to mobile homes in a mobile park owned by a private equity firm in Smyrna, Tennessee.

Personal Finance

7 options if you can’t pay your student loans

A confused young college student reading a debt letter.

Personal Finance

Is scamming illegal? What you should know about online scams.

A figure of Justitia or Lady Justice.