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US dollars are now commonly used by businesses in Venezuela. The informal adoption of the dollar has helped to decrease inflation and product shortages.
Economics
Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by
The Troubling Emergency Response Failures After Hurricane Harvey
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Solid-looking building with US flag in front, fences, and many people waiting outside
Global Politics
With papers, my brother-in-law could be worth more than a dollar a day to the world
Man holding up protest sign in front of a McDonald's
Global Politics
Trump’s labor pick, a fast-food CEO, supports a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants
Several young people wearing gloves and helmets work in a park, one digs with a shovel
Finance
For these families in Pittsburgh, teens’ summer jobs make more than just pocket money
uber drivers
Business
Uber’s immigrant drivers look forward to better pay—and a bigger voice
Decades in Solitary Confinement, Catholic Church Crackdown, and A Ban on Tipping
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Development & Education
Are volunteer programs empowering — or exploitative?