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Crunching the numbers

• The Trace and USA Today reviewed two years of firearm dealer inspections from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They found that 40 out of 150 shops that received the toughest penalties were “kitchen-table” dealers who sell firearms from their homes.
• The National Institutes of Health received $1.5 billion in federal funds to study the ongoing conditions that covid long-haulers are facing. The two most common long-term symptoms are fatigue and brain fog.
• After expanding the number of workers Amazon considers executives, the company’s executive team appeared to grow more diverse.

New from BigIfTrue.org

We wrote about why Americans filed 54% more complaints last year with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government watchdog agency. A few takeaways:

• Most of the complaints were about credit report issues, including inaccurate information on consumers’ credit records.
• At least 18 states began allowing collection agency employees to work from home during the pandemic, a move that some consumer advocates say could lead to more predatory practices as agents lack in-person supervision.
• At least two states, Idaho and Washington, will allow collection agents to work from home for the rest of the year or longer.

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