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Food & drink
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
4 days ago

National Food Service Worker Day: How Restaurants and Bars Can Support Their Teams with Giving Kitchen - Food & Beverage Magazine

Food service workers face frequent emergencies, contacting assistance every 28 minutes, highlighting widespread financial and safety-net vulnerability.
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

How workers in their 80s and 90s are embracing AI: 'I want to finish strong'

Luis Bautista, 82, is "learning to speak to AI." He's studying prompt engineering strategies online, reading about the companies accepted into Y Combinator, and watching AI videos on YouTube. "When I turned 80, I asked myself, 'How do I want to finish?'" Bautista said. "The first answer that came to my mind was, 'I want to finish strong.' Then I need to learn AI."
Artificial intelligence
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

Adults Are Getting Real About How Their Parents' Finances Are Shaping Their Future

Intergenerational financial outcomes vary widely: some older generations secretly accumulated wealth, others face sudden poverty, and many younger adults outearn and struggle relative to parents.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 weeks ago

Upcoming Backpack & School Supplies Giveaways in NYC

New York City families face rising back-to-school costs; local elected officials and organizations run backpack and supply giveaways to reduce that burden.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That's left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron | Carolin Wurfel

As a millennial, financial insecurity has been a theme in my life for a while. But recently, it's grown louder, and I literally can't stop asking: WHERE IS THE GODDAMN MONEY?
Women
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Work until we die?' Independent readers outraged over retirement age review

Liz Kendall's announcement of a new review into the state pension age has drawn a strong response from readers, who feel increasingly squeezed by reforms they see as unfair and unrealistic.
US news
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Stress crisis' in UK as 5m struggle with financial, health and housing insecurity

Over 5 million UK adults face simultaneous financial, housing, and health insecurities, leading to a national stress crisis.
Relationships
fromtime.com
4 months ago

The Silver Lining of Dating in a Recession

Economic concerns are reshaping dating preferences and experiences.
The cost of traditional date nights has significantly increased since 2007.
Retirement
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

A boomer lost Medicaid because she gets $2,065 monthly from Social Security. Now she needs to work to afford back surgery.

Many older Americans struggle to afford living expenses solely on Social Security as costs rise.
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