We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
- Gloria Steinem
All in Power
What You Need To Know About Unemployment Changes
The extra $600 per week in unemployment assistance provided by the CARES Act is about to run out, and Congress has yet to pass a bill to extend it. Here’s what we can do next.
Personal Finance & Reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates made the case for reparations in 2014. But the federal government hasn't done anything since. Here's how we take things into our own hands.
Cash bail disproportionately affects Black Americans. Here's what you need to know about it.
Paynter and two friends started ilostmygig.com to connect workers with direct aid.
When South by Southwest officials announced that they were canceling the festival last week, three Austin residents sprung into action.
Mary Kathryn Paynter, Luke Lashley, and Shelly Lashley created a website called ilostmygig.com overnight, which aims to amplify the voices of displaced workers and connect them with the aid they need.
Paynter, a She Spends reader, spoke with us about what that process was like, how she and other Austin locals are coping, and what people can do to help.
Sabrina is working with feminist authors, creating a podcast, and more.
Julia Reinstein, a staff reporter at Buzzfeed and a member of the union’s bargaining committee, talked with She Spends about how it all went down.
Capitalism, Feminism, and She Spends
We’re exploiting capitalism to a feminist end.
Amanda Frankel, a Democrat from Kensington, New York, recently announced that she’s running against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler in the primary in New York District 10.
Cally Ingebritson, the mastermind behind Chillax Financial, a new financial advisory firm based in San Diego dedicated to serving queer folks, talked with She Spends about founding the firm.
On Elizabeth Warren's Student Debt Cancellation Plan And The Ensuing Debate
Let’s discuss Elizabeth Warren’s plan for universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt.
We received some interesting data this week on the spending habits of LGBTQ folks, and we wanted to share it, especially given that it's Pride Month.
Two Harvard sophomores are working hard to change how the hedge fund industry looks.
Angel Onuoha and Drew Tucker, two black men who want to eventually work in finance, started BLK Capital Management, a nonprofit that operates as a hedge fund, this year. The group allows black students across Ivy League schools in the United States to get experience investing before ever leaving school.