By Michael Kleber-Diggs, The Minnesota Star Tribune Like the color blue, Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues” is vast, multifaceted and enchanting. Perry’s book, also like the hue, defies categorization. Her exploration of blue is presented in 35 tight, radiant chapters that read like a blend of memoir and history. They’re more than memoir and history,
There are numerous reasons someone might go back to work after they retire – they may be excruciatingly bored, need the money or need to find a sense of purpose. “I will admit that I probably retired too soon,” says Jon Gideon, a 64-year-old former financial planner in Rochester, Minnesota. “I volunteered for a while
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, directed the CFPB to
It’s a swing and a miss from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who earlier this week directed his department to prioritize projects in communities that have birth rates higher than the national average. In an undated memo, Duffy said any Department of Transportation-supported or assisted program — including all grants, loans, and contracts — should