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Financial Protection Strategies for Growing Families: A Plain Explainer

The average American household with children spends roughly $17,000 per year on child-rearing costs, according to USDA estimates. That number doesn't include co...
The 529 College Savings Plan Loophole for 2026 - tech item 1
The 529 College Savings Plan Loophole for 2026
Last Tuesday, I sat across from a couple in their late fifties who were worried that the 529 college savings plan loophole for 2026 was the only way to save a b...
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The Math Behind Personal Loans for Debt Consolidation
I sat across from Marcus in a Newark coffee shop while we discussed personal loans for debt consolidation: the math of his current debt. He was staring at a sta...

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The Usual

Dennis's hand was already on the handle before he checked his watch, which read 7:08, which was the same as yesterday. The newspaper under his arm still had its...

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The Summer She Finally Figured Out Growing Tomatoes Good Enough to Give Away

Renata's neighbor, Carl, had a tomato problem the way some people have a religion. He kept a mason jar of last year's dried seeds on his windowsill, labeled in ...

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The Trip Everyone Agreed On

The legal pad had columns with names at the top, written in Renata's good pen before the highlighter gave out. Her mother's column. Her mother-in-law's column. ...