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March 1, 2021

Either We Break Our Pandemic Debts or Our Pandemic Debts Break Us

If millions had no hope of paying their bills before the pandemic, and millions more can’t pay now, what’s left to do but say no?

By Clio Chang

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	How a Gas Company Spent 2020 Denying One of the Biggest Pipeline Spills in American History After the disaster in Huntersville, Colonial Pipeline now holds the record for largest gas spill in both North and South Carolina. Thanks to its polished P.R. team, you likely have no clue.By Nick Martin

	The FinTech Industry Wants to Give Desperate Workers an Advance on Their Next Paycheck. It’s a Trap. Employers love so-called earned-wage access apps. Their employees, not so much.By Kyle Paoletta

	Andrew Cuomo Is Screwed Thanks to a wave of scandals, the hunter is now the hunted.By Alex Shephard

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	The Democrats Are Blocking a $15 Minimum Wage Not Republicans. Not the Senate parliamentarian. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and even Joe Biden are to blame for squandering their party’s majority power.By Osita Nwanevu

	The Subtle Joy of the Small Horror Movie The best of this season’s scary flicks resist the temptation to grandstand.By Jo Livingstone

	The Paris Agreement Is Already Outdated Countries’ pledges to meet climate goals are nowhere near what they need to be.By Kate Aronoff

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