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By Olivia Morley Navjot Panchhi says he applied to as many as 700 full-time jobs since graduating in May 2020 with an applied physics degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
“Having to choose between supporting the students at my school and supporting my son was very frustrating,” said Jennifer Anderson, 41, a mom from Merrillville, Ind.
David Goldstein’s wife, Amy, is a healthcare worker. He hates when people call her a hero. “‘Hero’ is what you call someone when you’re okay with them dying,” Goldstein said.
Savanna Sullivan, a 27-year old artist from Portland Me., knew that pursuing a degree in painting from a prestigious art academy would be a difficult and expensive journey.
Robert Kueffer had always planned on going to graduate school but the global pandemic and economic uncertainty have fast-forwarded his plans.
What would you do if you didn’t have to make your student loan payments? Millions of federal student loan borrowers are finding out.
Sherry Dorestan, 34, was excited to send her five-year-old daughter to kindergarten.
By: Ana Lucía Murillo Permanent layoffs are becoming more common more than half a year into the pandemic, but some companies are continuing to use short-term, temporary furloughs to avoid more drastic budget cuts.
Alesia Williams was 41 when she became a single mother in 2006.
The bad economy caused by COVID-19 has many Americans wondering if they’ll ever retire, but for a growing number of people the pandemic inspired a goal to retire by their 40s or 30s.
As COVID-19 induced unemployment swept the nation, Briana Bell was one of the fortunate ones who transitioned to remote working.
The fallout from the pandemic pushed Anna Kordon, 28, to start saving to become a homeowner.
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