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When to consider Obamacare instead of Medicare

By Philip Moeller

Even though you might qualify for Medicare under its disability rules, you might not find a better deal than what you can get under the Affordable Care Act, at least until you turn 65.

Ask the Headhunter: Job interviewers shouldn’t be asking for your salary. Here’s why

By Nick Corcodilos

When employers demand to know your salary, it’s usually for just one reason: to low-ball any offer they make you.

Column: Why Brexit is not a foregone conclusion

By Wahyd Vannoni

There are and will be significant headwinds for this or any future UK government trying to negotiate its way out of the European Union.

Why life expectancy for black men fell following the infamous Tuskegee experiment

By Making Sen$e Editor

Disclosure of the Tuskegee syphilis study in 1972 coincided with increases in not only medical mistrust, but also mortality among black males.

Column: 9 ways to turn summertime spending into savings

By Odysseas Papadimitriou

Here's how you can have fun and give your wallet a break.

July was another stellar month for jobs

By Kristen Doerer

The U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July, building on the 292,000 jobs created in June, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent.

Lose your job? It may pay to announce it

By PBS News Hour

When Sree Sreenivasan found himself out of a job, he did what he knows how to do best: broadcast the news on social media. The former Chief Digital Officer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art filled his schedule with…

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How one digital expert turned his social network into a new job

By Roben Farzad

Sree Sreenivasan showed how a public use of social media and networking can land you on your feet again after losing a job.

Column: A Massachusetts law is the most promising step yet toward equal pay

By Ariane Hegewisch

Earlier this week, Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts signed an equal pay law that is the most comprehensive statutory attempt yet to address gender pay inequality in the country.