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How the Deck is Stacked

The realities of getting ahead in the new American economy.

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Betting on Trump: Coal

Many coal miners saw the election of Donald Trump as a moment of hope. But what can he actually do to bring back coal jobs?

February 15, 2017

Betting on Trump: Jobs

Donald Trump has promised to bring manufacturing jobs back to communities like Erie, Pennsylvania. But economists say that many of those jobs are gone for good.

February 15, 2017

Betting on Trump: Water

Though California is a famously blue state, water shortages tipped the vote in its agricultural heartland decisively in Donald Trump's favor.

February 15, 2017

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Strange Bedfellows: What Farms and Tech Startups Have In Common

October 27, 2016

How the Deck Is Stacked: The Cost of College Debt

Across the nation, many individuals feel as though they're drowning in student loan payments, yet some experts argue that the idea of a "crisis" is overblown. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal takes a 360-degree look at the problem, in the latest video in our "How the Deck Is Stacked" collaboration with Marketplace and PBS NewsHour.

September 30, 2016

When Going To College Becomes a Financial Risk

For a generation of students, the college years coincided with rising prices and stagnating middle class wages.

September 30, 2016

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The Recovery’s Racial Divide

The economy is recovering, but not everyone has felt it equally. The wealth gap between black and white households has grown dramatically, and is now the widest it's been in nearly three decades.

August 1, 2016