How We’re (Not) Preparing For the Next Pandemic
Covid-19 isn’t quite done with us yet, but virologists are urging governments around the world to start preparing for the next pandemic. They warn it’s just a matter of time before it happens, and wit...
13 Jan 202336min
Clean Up Your Water And We’ll Lower Your Debt
There’s a new way for some countries struggling under piles of debt to get relief: by agreeing to spend part of the difference on the environment. The Nature Conservancy, the US-based environmental gr...
12 Jan 202322min
What The Heck Is Elon Musk Thinking?
It’s been nothing but mayhem at Twitter since Elon Musk took the helm of the social media company late last year and began shaking things up in ways that don’t always seem to make much sense, especial...
11 Jan 202327min
How Safe Is All That Money In Your Pension?
Millions of Americans–union workers, school teachers, firefighters, office employees at major corporations–are counting on a pension to support them when they retire. Pensions have always been seen as...
10 Jan 202328min
Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar Decade
In just the past ten years, the biggest US banks made an eye-popping trillion dollars in profit. To help get our heads around that staggering number, we asked Bloomberg reporters Max Abelson and Hanna...
9 Jan 202324min
London Strong-Arms Drivers To Go Electric
Some big, crowded cities like New York and London have tried to reduce traffic jams and air pollution with congestion fees that make it expensive to bring your car downtown. Now London is taking thin...
6 Jan 202327min
Ron DeSantis Is Coming For MAGA Voters
One big obstacle for any Republican dreaming of becoming president in 2024: figuring out how to get past Donald Trump–without angering his legions of loyal supporters. One person who just may crack th...
5 Jan 202321min
Crypto Explained, In Plain English
If all the news lately about cryptocurrencies–and the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and his FTX exchange–have left you wishing you had a better handle on the maddeningly complex world of crypto, we’re wit...
4 Jan 202332min
