Nike, Kobe Bryant, and the big business of sneaker resale
Nike this week is rolling out five new editions of Kobe Bryant sneakers, but few fans have gotten them at the retail price. Instead, they've been scooped up by resellers who use bots to acquire the sh...
26 Aug 202013min
Ant Group IPO gives U.S. the cold shoulder
Chinese financial tech giant Ant Group today filed for what could become the largest initial public offering of all time, with plans to list in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Axios Re:Cap digs into why this ...
25 Aug 202011min
Trump campaign advisor Jason Miller on a second-term economy
The Republican National Convention kicks off this evening, with plans to lay out an economic vision different from what the Democrats presented last week. Axios Re:Cap speaks with Jason Miller, a seni...
24 Aug 202013min
Tax trouble for billionaire philanthropist Robert Smith
Robert Smith captivated America in May 2019 when he pledged to pay off student debt for Morehouse College's graduating class. It was Smith's introduction on the national stage, but he’d had decades of...
21 Aug 202011min
New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham on Biden's green jobs plan
One of the policy specifics offered up repeatedly during the Democratic National Convention has been Joe Biden's promise to create millions of renewable energy sector jobs. Dan digs into his plan with...
20 Aug 202014min
University president on reopening safely
This week has seen, in rapid succession, UNC Chapel Hill send students home, Notre Dame suspend in-person classes, and Michigan State University advise students to stay home. Delaware State University...
19 Aug 202013min
Opioids in the pandemic
Prior to the pandemic, America’s most urgent public health crisis was the opioid epidemic. It’s been overshadowed by the coronavirus, but meanwhile the situation may have gotten much worse. Dan is joi...
18 Aug 202012min
Rep. Carolyn Maloney on fixing the U.S. Postal Service
Within the next week, House Democrats plan to vote on $25 billion in new funding for the U.S. Postal Service and to hold an Oversight Committee hearing at which Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is expec...
17 Aug 202012min
