How Racist Groups Use Online Video Games To Spread Hate
In December, an Anti-Defamation League study found a sharp rise in the number of people who say they’ve encountered white supremacist ideology while playing online video games. The persistent presence...
1 Feb 202331min
China’s Back Open, Great! And…Maybe Not So Great.
Now that China has relaxed its Covid Zero policy, the world’s second largest economy is rumbling back to life. As China once again starts to buy and consume goods and services of all kinds, it’s expec...
31 Jan 202326min
India’s Plan To Become The World’s New Economic Powerhouse
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is investing billions of dollars to boost manufacturing and attract foreign investment in his rapidly growing country. Modi’s ambitious goal: To propel India to th...
30 Jan 202328min
The US Citizens Recruited to Smuggle Migrants
Migrants looking to enter the US from Mexico illegally often pay thousands of dollars to “coyotes,” or smugglers who transport them across the border. Once inside the US, they’re hidden in trailers or...
27 Jan 202322min
Why's It So Hard To Predict A Recession?
Economists have more information at their fingertips than ever before. And yet, in many ways it’s become more difficult for them to predict if–and when–a recession is coming. Why is that? US economy r...
26 Jan 202320min
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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 202328min
