POPULAR NEWS
Credit Card Relief for Coronavirus, COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis drags on and unemployment spikes to unprecedented levels in the U.S., individual debt burdens can feel more overwhelming than...
WORD CUP 2016
Big East Basks in Final Four but Football Leaving Its Mark
By Mike HugueninSpecial to Debt.orgThe end of a highly competitive and parity-filled college basketball...
WRC Rally Cup
Congress, White House Make Sure Sequestration Proves Murphy's Law
It seems the only law Congress can get its head around these days is...
SPORT NEWS
CYCLING TOUR
Pumpkin Spice Latte's For $1
Welcome back, fall. You’ve been missed, you sexy beast.Fall, the season of color-changing leaves, cool crisp mornings and Pumpkin Spice Lattes. You can’t...
A Down Economy? Not for the Firearms Industry
So the world didn’t end, after all. Whew! Looks like we dodged another bullet.Speaking of bullets, I hope everyone has their holiday shopping...
LATEST ARTICLES
A Man With The Courage to Stand
I read recently that violence on television is at an all-time high. Then,...
Your Brain Is Not for Thinking
This article originally appeared in the New York Times on Nov. 23, 2020. By Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, psychologist, and neuroscientist. Five hundred million years ago, a tiny sea creature changed the course of history:...
Common Coronavirus Scams & How to Avoid Them
You don’t have to catch the virus to get harmed by COVID-19. As soon as the pandemic hit, scams arose to take advantage of people’s fears.In 2020, Americans have made nearly 250,000 reports...
What to Do When You Lose Your Health Insurance
A pink slip can be a traumatic experience but losing your employer-provided health insurance is nothing short of devastating. Since the coronavirus pandemic erupted in early 2020, tens of millions of workers lost...
How Working from Home in 2020 Affects Income Taxes
Your company sent everyone home when the pandemic began last March and now that is your workplace so you’re probably wondering if that means you’re eligible for some serious tax breaks when you...
What Is It? & Will It Happen?
There has been much talk this campaign year about a “Wealth Tax” and whether it would impact the wallets of middle and lower-income America, even if its name doesn’t.Rest easy. You need a...
How Biden & Trump Tax Policies Compare
The gap between the presidential candidates on tax programs is Grand Canyon-esque.And that may understate it.President Donald Trump wants to continue the 2017 tax cut, which his campaign claims led to investments that...
How to Handle Medical Debt While Unemployed
Americans were already struggling with medical debt before the COVID-19 pandemic, and, largely because of record-setting unemployment in the last six months, the issue is expected to get worse.About one million people a...
Should I Apply for a New Credit Card During COVID?
The COVID-19 pandemic has created record unemployment, erased profit margins, closed businesses and wreaked havoc on almost every family’s money outlook. It has even affected America’s ultimate get-out-of-jail financial symbol — the credit...
Pros & Cons of President Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral
Many American businesses are disregarding President Trump’s order allowing them to temporarily stop withholding Social Security taxes from their employees’ paychecks. The plan, they say, is confusing and won’t produce real savings for...