Declining ALS Patients Are Waiting On The FDA's Next Move
For many years, pharmaceutical companies have tried and failed to find a treatment to slow symptoms of ALS–the debilitating, fatal illness also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. A potentially promising n...
23 Dec 202225min
We All Eat The Same Stuff
From Beijing to Boston, the food on our dinner plates is starting to look more and more alike. It used to be, we ate the local fruits, vegetables and grains native to where we live. Now, with the rise...
22 Dec 202227min
A Favorite Loophole of the Rich Is Leaving Charities High and Dry
Billionaires are increasingly taking advantage of a provision in the US tax laws that lets them park money designated for charity in something called a donor advised fund. They get a tax break up fron...
21 Dec 202229min
Banks Vowed To Help Black Homebuyers. What Happened?
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, some of the biggest mortgage lenders in the US promised to extend billions in new loans to Black homebuyers. That hasn’t happened. Instead, the numbers a...
20 Dec 202230min
When A Coal Mine Shuts Down, Locals Get The Shaft
As the US coal industry dwindles, big mining companies that once made a fortune are packing up–and leaving behind a staggering mess of destroyed land and poisoned water. So who’ll pay to clean it up? ...
19 Dec 202229min
20 Extra Tons of — Ahem — Cargo
In 2019, US officials seized a massive cargo ship called the MSC Gayane in the Port of Philadelphia. On board, they found containers filled with products of all kinds that the ship had picked up along...
16 Dec 202234min
An Important Step Forward For #MeToo
This year saw some important advances for #MeToo. The US Congress passed two bills, now signed into law, that protect the rights of women who come forward to report sexual abuse in the workplace–and m...
15 Dec 202226min
Meet The Most Fascinating People In The World
Well, some of them anyway. Each year, Businessweek’s Bloomberg 50 list introduces you to people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, science and technology whose work helped define the year....
14 Dec 202224min
