Michaela Cross
Weed
Why Trump Scares Legal Weed Companies
Is it legal? Is it illegal? Weed investors aren't sure, so they aren't investing in new weed-related business ventures.
Michaela Cross
2.7.17
Stuff
Why You Have Vacation Guilt
Millennials are a generation of "work martyrs."
Michaela Cross
10.13.16
Stuff
How to Pay Off Your Student Loans When You're Young and Broke
Federal loans account for the vast majority of student debt. After the Great Recession destroyed all our futures, Obama decided to make up for it by creating programs that would encourage college grads to not just default.
Michaela Cross
9.5.16
Travel
How to Move Abroad When You're Young and Broke
If you're going to be broke somewhere, it might as well be on the beach in Bali.
Michaela Cross
7.8.16
Travel
How to Travel the World First Class When You're Broke
A travel hacker explains how to turn $49 cash into a $500 hotel room and how to book an international flight for free.
Michaela Cross
6.16.16
News
How Campus Rape Victims Get Hurt by the Laws That Are Supposed to Protect Them
Title IX requires universities to protect students from "hostile environments" on campus—which can be interpreted as both raping someone and publicly accusing someone of rape.
Michaela Cross
6.6.16
Travel
How to Claim Your Very Own Island
Thanks to a 19th century law, Americans can lay claim to any uninhabited island with birdshit on it.
Michaela Cross
4.6.16
Stuff
How Some Students Are Using Fake Marriages to Get Financial Aid
Marriage is the easiest way to declare yourself "independent" on your FAFSA, meaning your financial aid is determined on your income, not your parents'.
Michaela Cross
2.29.16
Travel
How to Live in Mansions Around the World Rent-Free
International housesitting websites are like Airbnb, except free of charge.
Michaela Cross
12.9.15