This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michele Wilke, a 63-year-old job seeker in Chicago. It has been edited for length and clarity. Over the past eight months, I applied to dozens of ...

The question of “how do I find scholarships to help me pay for college” is one that high school seniors have been asking for several decades. What has changed in the last few years is that this ...

At 18, I married my boyfriend because he said he'd help me pay for college. I was trapped in the marriage for years, often submitting to his every demand. I eventually left him, and I'm starting to ...

I left my job of seven years earlier this year to freelance full time. Without a steady paycheck, I had to ask my parents for financial help. My parents are not well off, but they're helping me pay my ...

A financial plan, devised by artificial intelligence, managed to both overpay my debts and allocate more than my income to achieving my goals. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She ...