The Self-Made Billionaire Is a Myth
When Americans like Kylie Jenner and Jeff Bezos downplay their advantages—and the media follows suit—it prevents us from dealing with the truth about income inequality, opportunity access, and classism.
Finance
The Trump Tax Plan Is Exactly What We Expected.
Short on details, big on misleading information, the GOP and No. 45 have found another way to fill the coffers of the ultra rich—and starve everyone else. Again.
Single Female Home Owners, The GOP Wants to Bleed You Dry
The latest front in Congressional Republicans' longstanding tax war on women is here, and this time they're coming after our homes.
How Are We Ever Going to Afford College?
With the average annual cost of a four-year private university now a staggering $42,419, it's a wonder anyone can send their kids to school. Don't despair: Who said you had to go private?
Why Are We So Uncomfortable Talking About Money?
Women are more likely to fess up about their weight or their sex lives than about their salaries. And that’s a problem that’s costing all of us.
I Think I May Be Having a Mid-Life Crisis
We’re well acquainted with the image of the gray-haired man trading in his spouse for a younger model. But what does the upheaval of middle age look like for women?
Dear Julie: Advice About Money Borrowing and Sick-Friend Favors
DAME’s Friendkeeper lays out how to ask a pal for a loan and has a woman weigh inconvenience against helping an acquaintance with cancer.
Help! I’ve Become My Mother’s Sugar Mama!
There was no question that the writer would take care of her mother in her old age. But what do you do when Mom squanders your hard-earned money on knockoff bags and jewelry?
I Feel Guilty for Not Being the Breadwinner
One writer went from making more money than her boyfriend, to making less. And she found the shift has more to do with power and independence than dollars and cents.
Five Reasons Single Women Are Buying Homes at Twice the Rate of Single Men
When it comes to feathering the nest, it seems women rule the roost