Beyond Bezos, with "Amazon Unbound" author Brad Stone
Amazon today announced plans to hire 75,000 more workers, most of whom will sign on after Jeff Bezos officially steps down as the tech giant's CEO. Axios Re:Cap talks with Brad Stone, author of a new ...
13 Maj 202114min
America's global fight against climate change
Jake Levine, an attorney and former Obama administration staffer, this week was named the first-ever "chief climate officer" at the Development Finance Corp., a U.S. government group that acts a bit l...
12 Maj 202115min
On the ground in India with Karan Deep Singh
India is dealing with daily new COVID cases well above 300,000, and a new variant, first detected in India, has been declared a global concern by the World Health Organization. Political blowback and ...
11 Maj 202114min
America’s gas “jugular” gets attacked
The Colonial Pipeline provides around 45% of the fuel used between Florida and Maine, transporting over 100 million gallons per day. But over the weekend, a ransomware attack caused the entire pipelin...
10 Maj 202114min
Unpacking that abysmal jobs report
Economists had been expecting the economy to add nearly 1 million jobs last month but it only added 266,000. Now, this speed bump in the U.S. economic recovery could change the political debate over w...
7 Maj 202114min
Former FDA Head Scott Gottlieb on the proposed menthol ban
The idea of banning menthols was first floated in 2017 by then-FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, as nearly half of smokers between 12 and 17 smoke menthols. But around 85% of Black smokers prefer menth...
6 Maj 202115min
Deep Dive: Inside Facebook’s Trump Ban
This morning, Facebook’s Oversight Board recommended that the social network maintain its suspension of former President Trump’s account, which has been in place since January 6. But it also said that...
5 Maj 202116min
The road ahead for COVID vaccines for kids
The FDA is expected to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for use in children 12-15 years old next week, a major milestone on the path to getting more Americans vaccinated. Dan digs into how vaccine trials ...
4 Maj 202114min
