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Electric vehicles are displayed at a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2021. The Biden administration's climate and health care bill passed by Co

Economy

You can get a $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric car, but it's really complicated

5:07pm August 22, 2022

by Arezou Rezvani

The Biden administration's climate and health care bill revamps the available tax credits for buyers of electric cars. Here's what to know about how they work.

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Back-to-school stress is amplified by inflation affecting the cost of supplies

8:15am August 21, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Tomicia Gray, a single mother in Charlotte, N.C., about the onerous cost of school supplies.

The IRS will look into options to create a free tax filing system

8:03am August 20, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with ProPublica's Justin Elliott about a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act requiring the IRS to study free tax filing options for taxpayers.

In this photo illustration, Janine Ramirez, a hearing aid specialist with Hear Again America, places a hearing aid on an ear Oct. 20, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Over-the-counter hearing aids will bring relief, but with some confusion

3:08pm August 17, 2022

by Bill Chappell

A new FDA rule is being praised for making hearing aids more affordable. But Medicare doesn't cover them, and neither do most insurance policies.

Starbucks says regional staff of the National Labor Relations Board repeatedly crossed the line of neutrality to help union organizers in Kansas. Here, activists protest against Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in New York City last month.

Starbucks asks for a nationwide pause in mail-in union votes, alleging misconduct

2:39pm August 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

In a letter shared with NPR, the company alleges that labor board personnel exploited "weaknesses in the mail-ballot election process" to help union organizers.

After years of carrying medical debt from the premature birth of her daughter, Terri Logan recently discovered a nonprofit called RIP Medical Debt had paid off her bills.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

6:47am August 15, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

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A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

Here's one reason why America's racial wealth gap persists across generations

7:00am August 13, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

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Nikki Cox faced possible eviction this summer after her work hours were cut, and then she lost three weeks of pay after getting COVID-19.

'We have nowhere to go': Many face eviction during a crisis in affordable housing

12:21pm August 09, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

Most Americans say a lack of affordable housing is a serious problem where they live. An NPR poll also finds nearly twice as many Black renters as white faced an eviction threat in the past year.

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White adults receive the most financial help from older relatives, poll shows

7:46pm August 08, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or other elders. It helps explain America's persistent racial wealth gap.

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Economy

How to get your finances ready for a possible recession

5:10pm July 30, 2022

NPR's Cheryl Corley speaks with Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary about how to manage large debt loads as interest rates increase and prepare for a possible recession.