Next time you’re turned down for a loan because of a low credit score, you might find that your rejection comes with a caveat. The lender is willing to reconsider — if you just let them see inside your bank account. Across the country, financial companies are racing to get a look at your checking […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: After days of uncertainty, the Trump administration will keep food assistance flowing — but only for part of the month.  What’s happening? Funding for the […]

The thing about dental insurance is that it isn’t really insurance — it’s more like a half-helpful discount plan with a maximum. And once you reach the maximum, you’re on your own, often to the tune of hundreds and thousands of dollars. As though going to the dentist needed to be less fun. In the […]

As the New York City mayoral election enters the final stretch, with the Muslim American Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani maintaining a sizable lead in all of the polls, a familiar beast has reared its head: blatant Islamophobia. Most of those dabbling in outright bigotry are unsurprising: right-wing shock-jocks and the pro-Trump New York Post. […]

Every product sells itself with a story. The story Ford tells us is that its cars are America. Ford has described itself as the most American automaker. They make their cars in America, and have since Henry Ford developed the automobile assembly line and used it to build the Model T in 1913. So American […]