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Your Bank Could Take Your $1200 Stimulus Check if You Have Debt
Watch out: The U.S. government isn't barring private collectors and banks from taking money out of the stimulus checks.
Here’s How to Get Your $1,200 Coronavirus Stimulus Check Faster
If you don't have direct deposit set up with the IRS, there are still ways to get a payment faster than snail mail.
This Is a Historic Crisis. Where Is Democratic Leadership?
In the moment when the working class needs them the most, the Democratic party is leaving people behind.
Here's How Much Cash You'll Really Get From the Coronavirus Stimulus
Generally speaking, the rescue bill calls for $1,200 payments to individuals and $500 for children under the age of 17. But the fine print matters.
Cuomo Slams Senate's ‘Terrible’ Coronavirus Bill for Giving Way Too Little to New York
He warned the $3.8 billion for his state was a “drop in the bucket” for a budget shortfall that could be as large as $15 billion.
Now Is the Time to Fix Public Transit Funding
The coronavirus pandemic is giving the federal government the opportunity to fix one of the biggest problems with how it funds transit agencies: by paying them to run more trains and buses.
We Asked a Scientist to Explain the Similarities Between Rats and Ravers
Humans aren't the only ones attracted to flashing lights.
We Need More Crazies on the Fiscal Cliff
Our elites have repeatedly managed to muster up confidence in the most fundamentally unsound global economy in 80 years because to admit how deep the problems go would be to admit that our financial and political systems actually need some serious...
Hurricane Sandy Could Boost the Economy, But It’s Not the Kind of Stimulus We Want
When all is said and done, Sandy could end up costing $50 billion, according to estimates by IHS Global Insight.