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Efforts To Close The Gender Pay Gap In Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Equal Pay Act goes into effect on Sunday. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the mayor of Boston, Martin Walsh, about the city's efforts to close the gender wage gap.

Efforts To Close The Gender Pay Gap In Massachusetts

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Rising Cost Of PrEP To Prevent HIV Infection Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many

Gilead Sciences makes Truvada, a medicine known generically as "pre-exposure prophylaxis," or PrEP. Consistent, daily doses of the drug are thought to reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 90 percent. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

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Rising Cost Of PrEP To Prevent HIV Infection Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many

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Many people at high risk for HIV can't afford PrEP, though it's more than 90 percent effective. The HIV medicine's list price, close to $2,000 for a 30-day supply, has risen 45 percent in six years.

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'Squeezed' Explores Why America Is Getting Too Expensive For The Middle Class

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Author Alissa Quart writes that the costs of housing, child care, health care and college are outpacing salaries and threatening the livelihoods of middle class Americans.

'Squeezed' Explores Why America Is Getting Too Expensive For The Middle Class

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When Retirement Advice Went Viral

America faces a retirement crisis, as most people aren't on track to have enough saved by the time they retire. We talk to the inventor of the 401(k) about how it was all supposed to work.

When Retirement Advice Went Viral

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