Companies Are Doing More to Keep Workers From Walking
Despite headlines about tech giants firing thousands of employees, many companies in the US are struggling to attract and keep workers. There are more jobs available across the country than people wil...
25 Tammi 202327min
What Will Republicans Do With Their House Majority?
Republicans are back in charge of the US House of Representatives after winning a narrow majority in November’s midterm elections. They’ve got a long list of things they want to accomplish: spending c...
24 Tammi 202327min
Gasoline Starts Its Long, Slow Ride Down
Even though Americans are driving more than ever before, they’re using less fuel to do it. Gasoline demand in the US hasn’t bounced back to pre-Covid levels, and for all kinds of reasons, it likely ne...
23 Tammi 202328min
Why Is Your Rent So High?
The price of everything is going up, but few things have risen as fast as rent. The rule of thumb used to be that housing shouldn’t eat up more than a third of your paycheck. But these days, a lot of ...
20 Tammi 202326min
Get Ready For Lab-Grown Meat
Companies around the world are competing to produce what’s often called lab-grown meat. It begins with the cells of cows, chickens, fish, or whatever protein you’re trying to recreate–and like the nam...
19 Tammi 202324min
How Cocaine Hitches A Ride on The Global Fruit Supply Chain
In December, we told the wild story of drug smugglers who hide tons of cocaine aboard huge container ships bound for Europe from South America. Today, we pick up the saga from there. What happens to a...
18 Tammi 202331min
Russia and Iran Team Up Against The West
Tough economic sanctions the US and European Union imposed on Russia and Iran have succeeded in cutting off those nations from much of the world economy. But they’ve also had an unintended effect: Mos...
17 Tammi 202328min
Team Favorite: Clash of the Streaming Titans
Remember when everyone loved to complain how there were 150 channels on TV and nothing good to watch? It’s pretty hard to say that now. There are so many good shows being made. Our new complaint: how ...
16 Tammi 202329min
