Aging Condo Buildings 'Ticking Time Bomb'
Two weeks ago today, the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida collapsed. 54 people are confirmed to have died, while 86 remain missing. The collapse has begun to spark a broader ...
8 Juli 202111min
China's Big Tech Crackdown
The Chinese government is going after its own Big Tech companies, with new rules around cybersecurity and listing shares on foreign exchanges. It’s also banned many of them from app stores, including ...
7 Juli 202113min
The billionaire space race between Bezos and Branson
Richard Branson is scheduled to blast off this Sunday on a suborbital space flight with his company Virgin Galactic, just days before Jeff Bezos plans to ride aboard a Blue Origin spaceship. But a lot...
6 Juli 202113min
America’s changing tastes with Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown
Americans spend billions of dollars on July 4th food, but what we eat is changing as health and sustainability become bigger factors in our diet decisions. Axios Re:Cap goes deeper with Ethan Brown, f...
1 Juli 202110min
Why the U.S. will fall short on its July 4th vaccine goal
It’s almost certain that America won’t meet President Biden’s goal of having 70% of all American adults at least partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July. To understand why, it’s crucial to understa...
30 Juni 202114min
America's Business Comeback: Startup creation in the pandemic
Most small business stories from the pandemic are about about pivoting or perishing, but there's also been an unexpected surge in new small business creation. One example is Agua Bonita, a canned beve...
29 Juni 202118min
The Pacific Northwest's extraordinary heat wave
The Pacific Northwest is experiencing record-high temperatures due to a “heat dome” that should be a once every-few-thousand-year event — but which could occur more often and with more severity due to...
28 Juni 202118min
Understanding America’s pandemic-year birth rate plummet
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that there were 4% fewer U.S. births in 2020 than in 2019, an acceleration of a long, slow decline. The report keeps getting picked up in the ne...
25 Juni 202114min
