Will China Save the American Economy?
Though Trump is skeptical of globalization, more investors from overseas are building factories and creating jobs. Will they find the U.S. a hospitable place for business?
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On the Shoulders of Giants
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Courtesy of Stacey Abrams Finding Mentorship Outside of Your Industry
Stacey Abrams has made a career for herself in politics, but that’s not where she looks for guidance.
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Your Summer Job Stories
Last week, my Instagram feed was filled with photos of teenagers wearing blue leggings covered in white stars and tank…
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Noah Berger / Reuters Is the Problem With Tech Companies That They're Companies?
A Stanford professor argues that a profit imperative is in tension with the needs of a democratic society.
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Jonathan Ernst The Exasperating Difficulty of Trying to Understand Trump’s Finances
Using the standard disclosure forms, it's difficult to investigate even simple questions about the president's assets.
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters EU Hits Google With Record $2.7 Billion Antitrust Fine
The tech giant says it will consider an appeal.
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Willy Sanjuan / Invision / AP ‘We Have to Have a Massive Revolution in Public Education in the United States’
The Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says improving schools is the way to open the middle class up to more black and white Americans.
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David Ryder / Reuters Were Seattle's Minimum-Wage Hikes Too Extreme or Just Right?
A controversial new study raises questions about the optimal floor for pay.
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Alex Brandon / AP Why Is the Onus on Women to Curb Workplace Interruptions?
Some businesses are actively taking steps to solve a problem that is too often left to female employees.
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Peninsula Open Space Trust The Poverty Just Over the Hills From Silicon Valley
The South Coast, a 30-mile drive from Palo Alto, is facing an affordable-housing shortage that is jeopardizing its agricultural heritage.
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Peter Ryan Donald Trump's Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet
A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president during his time in office
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP How the Senate's Health-Care Bill Would Cause Financial Ruin for People With Preexisting Conditions
Republicans are going to insist otherwise, but that’s simply not the case.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Trump Starts Raising Money for His 2020 Campaign (and His Company)
The president’s decision to hold his first big reelection fundraiser at his own hotel indicates he intends to keep making money off of his political career.
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David Bacon The Apple Pickers of the Yakima Valley
A photo essay
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Eric Gay / AP Fixing Uber Will Require More Than Ousting Its Leader
The company’s problems extend well beyond its former CEO, Travis Kalanick.
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AP / Eric Risberg Apple Is a Step Closer to Making Its Own TV Shows
The tech giant just hired two industry heavy-hitters as it tries to move into a realm occupied by Netflix and Amazon: scripted television.
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Danny Moloshok / Reuters What Will Uber Become Without Travis Kalanick as CEO?
Investors forced the brash executive’s resignation for the good of the company—but what does that mean for its future?
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/Shu Zhang / Reuters Uber's CEO Is Out
Travis Kalanick’s resignation was reportedly prompted by a shareholder revolt.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Paul Ryan Fights the Bush Legacy on Taxes
The House speaker is pushing President Trump to embrace permanent reform rather than a quick jolt like the temporary cuts that George W. Bush signed in 2001.
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The Camp Counselor’s Commitment
Neutrogena spray sunscreen smells the best. Coppertone face sticks are waxy and heavy. And if a parent insists on the…
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Paradox of American Restaurants
The quality and variety of food in the U.S. has never been better. The business seems to be struggling. What’s really going on?
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AP The Rise and Fall of the Word 'Monopoly' in American Life
For several decades, the term was a fixture of newspaper headlines and campaign speeches. Then something changed.
