Daria Solovieva

3 days ago | salon.com | Daria Solovieva

When Melanie Ehrenkranz, the founder of the ‘Laid Off’ Substack newsletter, launched her newsletter for unemployed workers in August 2024, she didn’t expect to create a vibrant, active community of over 11,000 readers in less than a year. In addition to the newsletter, Ehrenkranz also runs a Discord community, which offers its members additional ways to connect, support each other and navigate the uncharted waters of unemployment during the second Trump term.

1 week ago | salon.com | Daria Solovieva

Americans, as a group, are not known globally as a vacation-loving culture, unlike in Europe and other parts of the world where it’s expected for the work pace to slow down, to take weeks or even months off and then breeze back into the office in late August with a tan and the smell of seaside in your hair. Growing up in southern Russia, summer was serious business for my family.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daria Solovieva

Americans, as a group, are not known globally as a vacation-loving culture, unlike in Europe and other parts of the world where it’s expected for the work pace to slow down, to take weeks or even months off and then breeze back into the office in late August with a tan and the smell of seaside in your hair. Growing up in southern Russia, summer was serious business for my family.

2 weeks ago | salon.com | Daria Solovieva

Younger parents are teaching personal finance to their kids much earlier than boomers did Mother and son saving coins in piggy bank at home (Getty Images/triloks) Given a persistent state of economic uncertainty, it’s not surprising more American parents are taking financial education into their own hands. According to a recent survey, 93% of parents with children under 18 are now teaching their kids about basic personal finance principles — a significant jump from previous generations. Many...

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daria Solovieva

Given a persistent state of economic uncertainty, it’s not surprising more American parents are taking financial education into their own hands. According to a recent survey, 93% of parents with children under 18 are now teaching their kids about basic personal finance principles — a significant jump from previous generations. Many are starting as early as ages three or four, motivated by a growing recognition that financial literacy is too important to leave to chance to schools.