Did Your Credit Score Get A Lot Worse Or Better Over The Last Year? We’d Like To Hear From You.
BuzzFeed News wants to know how the pandemic impacted your credit score, and how that score has impacted you.
Debt Didn’t Disappear During The Pandemic. Meet A Man Whose Job Was To Collect It.
An American debt collection agency paid agents in Tijuana $150 a week to collect from delinquent borrowers in the US. We spoke to a person who did that job during the pandemic.
Are You A Person Of Color Who Has Been Working Remotely? We’d Like To Hear From You.
How has working from home over the last year changed your company’s culture and your experience of work?
An Asian American Teen Was Having A Mental Health Crisis When Police Killed Him
Christian Hall’s parents brought him to America in hopes of giving him a better life. Instead, he fell victim to institutional failures that harm many others who don’t fit the “model minority” myth. In his final moment of crisis, police gunned him down.
My Life Was Shaped By Anti-Asian Racism. I Can’t Hide My Pain Anymore.
For so long, we’ve thought keeping our heads down and being invisible in America might help us gain acceptance — but the recent wave of racist violence has shattered that myth.
The Deadly Winter Storm In Texas Has Exposed The State's Deep Inequalities
In a state that prizes self-reliance over government assistance, those with the least are left to fend for themselves.
Young People Coping With Mounting Debt Say No One Has Their Backs. The Pandemic Has Left Them On The Brink Of Ruin.
College graduates took out big loans hoping their education would spring them into financial stability. Instead, their debt left them vulnerable.
Trump Zealots Can’t Hide Behind Economic Anxiety Any Longer
“They’re not expressing economic anxiety. They’re expressing a desire to dominate.”
Trump Supporters Used GoFundMe To Get To DC — Now The Pages Have Been Removed
Trump supporters used the popular crowdfunding platform to raise money to attend the president’s rally in Washington, DC.
These People Made Tons Of Money In 2020 As The World Fell Apart
If you still need proof that the world is built for the wealthy to succeed, just take a look at how fortunes diverged this year.
Are Your Debt Payments On Hold? What Do You Plan To Do?
If you put your mortgage, student loan, auto loan, credit card, or other debt payment on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, BuzzFeed News would like to hear from you.
Our Relationship With Food Changed In 2020
No degree of social and economic upheaval could shake our unrelenting need to eat.
There Are Still Too Many Gaps In What We Know About How The Pandemic Is Affecting People Of Color
Inadequate information about the rates of COVID-19 in populations of color has prevented health agencies from targeting their response before it’s too late.
Elizabeth Warren And Ayanna Pressley Want To Know How Badly The US Pandemic Response Failed People Of Color
Nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, “It is not clear whether that relief has successfully reached the communities that are most impacted.”
Her Disability Check Wasn't Enough To Live On. The Pandemic Took Away Her Other Options To Get By.
America’s safety net for people with disabilities was never secure. In the pandemic, it’s failing them.
Katie Porter Said Parenthood Has “Always Been Considered Unpaid Work,” And That Needs To Change
“What I’m trying to do is engage more Americans in speaking up about what they need,” said Katie Porter.
People Have Nothing Left — Literally $0 — Because Of The Pandemic
Even people who built rainy day funds over years are watching their savings run down to zero, with no relief from the government in sight.
His Landlord Evicted Him During The Pandemic And Then Demanded $1,100 For Him To Get His Belongings
“There are a lot of people trapped in their own prison, with no way out, for an indefinite amount of time. How many lives will the pandemic claim?”
Parents Who Work In Childcare Are Trapped In An Unsustainable System
Childcare programs are closing nationwide, many parents can’t afford care, and those who work in the industry hardly earn enough to make the job worth doing.
Savings Gone Due To Coronavirus? We Want To Hear From You.
Years of careful financial planning might not mean much right now. BuzzFeed News wants to hear from you.