Inequality
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.
Venessa Wong
Our Relationship With Food Changed In 2020
No degree of social and economic upheaval could shake our unrelenting need to eat.
Venessa Wong
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.
Venessa Wong
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.”
Venessa Wong
Black Voters Have A PhD In White People — And Want Biden To Listen To Them
Once again Black voters — and particularly Black women — came out to elect a moderate Democrat, because they understand the art of the possible.
Emmanuel Felton
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.
Venessa Wong
Trump Wants To Keep The Suburbs White. Black Women Say That’s Fine By Them.
“I don’t like the suburbs. I have found that I’m really not comfortable where there’s a lack of diversity.”
Emmanuel Felton
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.
Venessa Wong
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.
Venessa Wong
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?”
Venessa Wong
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.
Venessa Wong
Parents Who Double As Essential Workers Are Struggling More Than Ever. Here Are Their Stories.
Parents who continue in-person work through the pandemic have a bleak choice: risk exposing your family to the coronavirus, or face financial devastation.
Venessa Wong
With Evictions Set To Resume, More Than 1 Million Californians Are Missing Unemployment Payments
Decades of stagnation and complacency at California’s labor department has left it poorly equipped to handle the state's unemployment crisis.
Lam Thuy Vo
Working Parenthood Is A Terrible Deal Right Now
Thanks to COVID, that fleeting dread most working parents experience now and then about being an utter failure is the new status quo.
Venessa Wong
Main Street Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes — And No One Seems To Be Able To Save It
PPP loans were supposed to be a lifeline for small businesses during lockdown. But as the pandemic drags on, small business owners say they're not getting support.
Venessa Wong
My Landlord Is Threatening To Evict Me During A Health And Economic Crisis. What Do I Do?
Many states haven’t fully reopened yet, but housing courts have. Here’s what to do if your landlord is trying to evict you.
Venessa Wong
Anthropologie Is “Whitewashed” From Top To Bottom, From How It Treats Its Black Staff To How It Profiles Shoppers
Former Anthropologie employees allege racial profiling at their stores, being followed around when they shopped at other locations, and earning less than their white colleagues.
Venessa Wong
There’s A Boom In Homebuying As Unemployment Soars
Forty-two million people have filed for unemployment. But last week applications for mortgages on new homes were up 17.5% compared to a year ago.
Venessa Wong
As Thousands Of Protesters Are Arrested, “The Crimes Of The Rich Are Not Prosecuted”
More than 11,000 people have been arrested since the George Floyd protests began; just one US banker was sentenced to prison for the 2008 financial crisis.
Venessa Wong
“I Am Only Earning $300 A Week”: Here’s What People Are Making For Essential Work
“The take-home pay is completely ludicrous for what we do.”
Venessa Wong
Even If You're Trying To Avoid Grubhub By Calling Your Favorite Restaurant Directly, Grubhub Could Still Be Charging It A Fee
“If a customer calls to place a coffee order, we’re paying a $6.42 fee — for a coffee.”
Venessa Wong
Americans Are Really Scared About Their Economic Future
A third of Americans expect their households' finances to be worse a year from now.
Venessa Wong
Unemployment Is Higher For Low-Wage Workers, Women, People Of Color
The overall jobless rate was 14.7% in April.
Venessa Wong
Grubhub Collected Record Fees From Restaurants Struggling To Stay Alive During The Pandemic
Restaurants expect to lose $240 billion by the end of the year, but for Grubhub, “COVID-19 is a net tailwind” for now.
Venessa Wong
Renters Were Already Screwed. Now They’re In A Panic.
As renters and landlords seek more government relief in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the larger crisis of housing affordability looms.
Venessa Wong
