A Financial Checklist for Your Newly Minted High School Graduate We’ve got budget, retirement account, credit, information security and insurance advice for your independent adult, college student, gap-year taker or future soldier. Read More…

Security Gap Leaves 885 Million Mortgage Documents Exposed The data, collected by First American Financial Corporation, included hundreds of millions of detailed and personal financial records. Read More…

Americans Deserve Strong Privacy Laws Legislators should seize the moment to pass meaningful protections for the digital age. Read More…

How to Delete Facebook and Instagram From Your Life Forever Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good. Read More…

‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions Secrets The suit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-Americans, has shed light on little-known aspects of Harvard’s selection process. Read More…

Why a Tax the U.S. Hasn’t Embraced Has Found Favor in Much of the World Value-added taxes are popular in many countries, especially those that are less affluent. The great advantage is a built-in feature that deters tax evasion, an emerging body of research shows. Read More…

I Love Throwing My Kids’ Artwork in the Garbage While They’re Sleeping Like a particularly aggressive strain of kudzu, your children’s artistic output will invade every room of your home if you don’t battle it back. Read More…

How to Yank Passwords Out of Firefox Quantum Mozilla’s overhaul of its flagship browser is incompatible with certain add-ons, but you can still rescue your saved passwords with a little extra effort. Read More…

Shocked by Your Tax Refund? Next Year Could Be Worse Unless You Act Now Fewer taxpayers have received refunds so far this year, and refunds are smaller. Now is the time to check your paycheck withholdings. Read More…