The Financial Fallout of Being Deactivated from Delivery Work

The Financial Fallout of Being Deactivated from Delivery Work

Steve McDougall earned about $900 a week delivering for Uber Eats and DoorDash, whizzing through the heavy traffic of Gloucester, Mass., on an e-bike. The flexible hours allowed him to tend to his 15-year-old daughter and two parents with disabilities. “It’s not great money, but it’s freedom,” said Mr. McDougall, …

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Scammers Stole Their Retirement Savings. Then the Tax Bill Arrived.

Scammers Stole Their Retirement Savings. Then the Tax Bill Arrived.

They were conned by skilled online criminals into draining their retirement savings. After the shock, shame and grief that followed, the victims were often left with something else: an enormous income tax bill. Mary Ellen Strange, a 75-year-old widow who was deceived by fraudsters impersonating federal investigators, now owes the …

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Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

Ignacio Vasquez spent the last year saving money for tickets to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour, which will kick off next month. Mr. Vasquez, 20, a full-time student from Modesto, Calif., was on the lookout for tickets to one of the tour’s five shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for …

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Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help

Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help

Decades ago, John Glover, a lawyer then in his early 30s with a wife and two children, found himself standing in a bank lobby trying to figure out how he could stretch what little remained in his account to cover his expenses. Foreclosure loomed. He wanted to float a check, …

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