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Pulling the SNAP lever + Why Gen Zers bet (invest?) differently
1+ week, 5+ day ago (816+ words) That feeling when you short a space baby's stock in a video game Screenshot of the trailer for Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator on Steam/Strange Scaffold via Steam hide caption Coming up, how changing what's eligible for SNAP recipients…...
For a lot of Gen Z, gambling is investing: The Indicator from Planet Money
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (184+ words) Why are more than half of Gen Zers using investment dollars for sports gambling? It’s been eight years since sports betting became widely legal. Today we look at its impact on a new generation of sports bettors and efforts to…...
Lionel Messi says he's retiring from playing internationally for Argentina
2+ week, 1+ day ago (543+ words) Argentina's Lionel Messi scores his team's second goal during the group F World Cup soccer match against Bosnia in Rio de Janeiro, June 15, 2014. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on…...
The Social Security trust fund is running out, and yet it's not a top campaign issue
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1445+ words) A person holds a sign reading "Save Our Social Security" during a rally in support of fair taxation near the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Congress has about six years to…...
Life settlements let people cash in on their own life insurance. Here's how it works
3+ week, 5+ day ago (481+ words) NPR Life settlements let people cash in on their own life insurance. Here's how it works What began as a way to help dying people pay for their final years of life has evolved into a robust and morbid financial…...
You bet your life insurance: Planet Money
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (184+ words) Some of the biggest firms on Wall Street are, at this very moment, waiting for thousands of strangers to die to reap their returns. Because there's a market for life insurance policies. And it's legal. You don't have to actually…...
Why older workers arenât retiring: Planet Money: NPR
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (224+ words) When workers past retirement age can't afford to retire — that's one thing. When they can, and just don't want to — that's trickier. It used to be legal to force people to retire when they hit a certain age. The trend…...
Senate debates how to sustain Social Security benefits: Trump's Terms
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) You're listening to Trump's terms. I'm Scott Detrow. MARCO RUBIO: The president has both an ability and a willingness to use the power of his office to think outside the box. PETE HEGSETH: Nobody makes a better deal than President…...
Trump’s new Truth Social plan: pay $100K: The Indicator from Planet Money
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1472+ words) DARIAN WOODS: On the 1st of August, you'll be able to pay to access top posts on Truth Social milliseconds before they hit the website. WAILIN WONG: Truth Social is, of course, the social media company that President Trump owns a…...
These Medicare beneficiaries thought their drug plan was free. Then they lost it
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1514+ words) Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away,…...