September 25, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Jill on Money: What the financial crisis taught us

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
 This month we marked the seventh anniversary of the financial crisis. Sometimes people forget just how close to the brink the U.S. and global financial system was.

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Are You a Severe Driver?

Rina Risper03 mins

  Things change, including the way we use our cars, how we drive them and the condition of our roads. Although normal driving is defined as steady driving in non-extreme weather or environments, for most motorists today, being a severe driver is more the rule than the exception, says the Car Care Council.

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Movie Review: The Walk

Rina Risper04 mins

 This movie is based on Philippe Petit, the French high-wire artist’s, walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. 

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FINANCIAL FOCUS: Estate Planning for Your Digital Assets

Rina Risper08 mins

 

Presented by Sara Frank-Hepfer
 
Today, most of us rely on our cell phones and digital records to keep track of important contact information. In fact, we depend so greatly on online profiles and accounts for completing transactions and storing information that paper checks, address books, photo albums, and handwritten letters may soon become things of the past. 

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Opinion: Stand Against the Racist Trolls Going After Star Wars

Rina Risper05 mins

 

John Boyega as Finn in  “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” 

 By Howard Smith II

 
As most of you have heard, the trailer for “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” premiered on the internet and its ubiquitous fanbase reacted with jubilation and glee. But as anyone on the internet knows, trolls grow hungry when people are full of joy. Shortly after the trailer premiered, either out of fragility or boredom, the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsEpisodeVII popped up on twitter calling for a boycott of the movie under the claim that the film promotes “white genocide”. 

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TAX SOLUTIONS: Holiday Travel

Rina Risper04 mins

 

By A.J. Gross

 
The holidays are great for spending time with family and friends.  The holidays may also mean travelling long distances to meet with family and friends.  Business owners and self-employed individuals may take advantage of this opportunity to deduct the cost of travel as a business expense.  I recommend understanding the rules for business travel before taking the business deduction.

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Opinion: LOOKING FOR BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS in BRAZIL

Rina Risper013 mins

  By Veronica Maria Brown-Comegys

 
About thirty years ago, I was walking down posh Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, where I lived with my white Brazilian “family.” The crown that Mother Africa had given me was evident. In other words, all traces of my perm had vanished. Suddenly an Afro-Brazilian man stopped me. He pointed at my head, and said in English, “Black Power,” then he cackled for so long that I thought he would become breathless.

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