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Quinn Sental

Email: Quinn.sental@salon.com

Quinn Sental is a Taiwanese journalist and a News Fellow at Salon. They are a student at New York University and based in Brooklyn.

Online shopping on phone (Getty Images/Bevan Goldswain)

More people are buying now, paying later — even for groceries

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From fiery moats to hidden bunkers, the “panic industry” is booming

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Cash, tax forms and a calculator (Getty Images/Thanasis)

Tax refunds are getting smaller when we need them more than ever

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resident Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on "reciprocal" tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“This is bananas”: Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs rely on “indescribably crazy” math

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US President Donald Trump during a a press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pushes for interest rate cut to “ease” effect of tariffs

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A Forever 21 store stands in Herald Square in Manhattan on September 12, 2019. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Forever 21 set to close all stores following bankruptcy filing

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Egg shelves are seen with a note apologizing to customers for the price increase in New York, United States on January 21, 2023. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Inflation cooled in February, but Trump’s trade war threatens to raise prices

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A Southwest Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 8, 2023. (Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“Just going to be another airline”: Southwest bag fee riles social media

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Stock Market Arrow Graph Going Down (Getty Images)

Stock market slumps as Trump’s trade war grows

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Customers make a transaction at a Capital One ATM on February 19, 2024, in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Republicans move to repeal Biden’s CFPB rule capping overdraft fees

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U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, holds up an executive order imposing tariffs on steel imports after signing the order in the Oval Office at the White House on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump suspends tariffs on most imports from Mexico, Canada

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Zelle logo is displayed on the screen of a smartphone (Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trump’s CFPB drops lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud

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This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of the application Coinbase a platform for buying, selling and trading cryptocurrency, in Toulouse, southern France, on January 15, 2025. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

“Radical turnabout”: Coinbase lawsuit to be dropped by SEC

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Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun speaks before eating a banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, in Hong Kong on November 29, 2024, after buying the provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at a New York auction for $6.2 million. (PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Justin Sun, investor in Trump-backed crypto business, gets break in fraud case

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Donald Trump reacts at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. (Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“The issue that derails his second term”: Trump’s crypto reserve gets pushback

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Citibank building in Canada Square in London, United Kingdom. (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Oops. Citigroup credits $81 trillion to customer’s account

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Jo-Ann Fabrics store in Wyomissing. (Tim Leedy/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann closing all stores

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A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters building in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t be deleted, Trump administration says

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The exterior of an Apple store (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

“Our strength comes from hiring the best people”: Apple rejects push to end DEI initiatives

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Woman shopping for wine (Getty Images/d3sign)

Consumer confidence hasn’t fallen this much since 2021

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IRS tax refund check on an American Flag (Getty Images/NoDerog)

Why you shouldn’t wait to file your taxes this season

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Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook speaks during a company product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on March 25, 2019 in Cupertino, California. (Getty/Michael Short)

“Squishy”: Apple’s $500B investment comes amid tariff threat

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A woman carrying shopping bags (Getty Images/Csondy)

Households making $250K or more are driving the economy: report

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TikTok app in the App Store on a smartphone screen displayed with the American flag (USA). (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

TikTok is back in Apple, Google app stores in U.S.

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