Michael B. Sauter - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
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The opioid epidemic is an ever-growing struggle, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even worse. Many Americans are anxious, stressed, isolated, and worried about their job and money — all risk...
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Over 720,000 cars were stolen in the United States in 2019, or 220 motor vehicle thefts for every 100,000 Americans. Those thefts disproportionately occurred in the nation’s urban areas. In some...
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One of the reasons that many Americans get up and go to work every day is to put some money away for retirement. While Social Security payments can be a helpful financial foundation in retirement, it...
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Millions of jobs have been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the early months. While some jobs have since been regained, more than 10 million people in the American labor force are...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears likely to approve the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week after finding it to be safe and effective. It would be the second vaccine to receive FDA...
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As most Americans know, our taste in sports does not exactly match that of the world. American football is rarely seen outside of North America, while soccer, by far the world’s most popular sport,...
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Thanks to a dangerous surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools throughout the country that attempted to start the year with full in-person classes have already had to revert to virtual learning....
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With more than 3,000 reported deaths on Dec. 10, the U.S. daily death toll from COVID-19 has now surpassed the record of 2,700 set in May. Deaths are a lagging indicator in the spread of the...
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People in the U.K. began receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 8. They are the first in the world to be inoculated as part of a vaccination program. By the end of the year, as...
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State governments are constitutionally granted the power to control taxes, make and enforce laws, and regulate commerce within their borders. With these tools, state governments across the country...
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On Sunday, Nov. 29, the TSA said it screened nearly 1.2 million people in American airports, the largest single-day total since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Thanksgiving travel period occurred in...
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According to a report recently updated by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, freshmen college enrollment in the United States this fall is believed to be 13% lower compared to the...
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According to the official federal rate, 10.5% of Americans live in poverty. This measure, however, was developed in 1963 and is widely considered today a crude and controversial representation of...
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U.S. health authorities have reported at least 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases each day since Nov. 4. They reported over 187,000 cases on Nov. 20, a record number of new daily coronavirus cases....
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Yet another set of promising results for a COVID-19 vaccine were released on Monday, with a third potential vaccine in as many weeks showing signs of being highly effective. The vaccine, developed in...
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