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Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media

Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media

Sarah Alvarez is the founder and editor-in-chief of Outlier Media.

She Didn’t Know She Still Owed Money to Her Utility. Then 25% of Her Paycheck Was Gone.

By: and - August 23, 2022

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last November, Kristal Dailey looked at her weekly paycheck and realized about $150 was missing, a quarter of her take-home earnings from a factory just outside Detroit, where she makes just over $18 an hour. “I’m like, ‘What the heck is this from?’” she said. Dailey immediately reached […]