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Dec 11, 2019
America's supply of sugar is shrinking because of a poor sugar beet harvest in the northern Midwest. As a result, the U.S. will import more sugar this year than it has in almost 40 years.
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Dec 11, 2019
A House panel takes its next steps on impeachment. The U.S., Mexico and Canada sign a new trade deal. And, an update on a fight between 200,000 people with student debt and Education Secretary DeVoss.
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Dec 11, 2019
More farmers in Britain are joining a climate change activist group. U.K. farmer Dagan James tells NPR's Rachel Martin that farmers are increasingly feeling the effects of global warming.
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Dec 11, 2019
The agreement signed Tuesday in Mexico City revises the old pact with stronger labor and environmental provisions, especially when it comes to Mexican worker rights.
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Dec 10, 2019
Democrats and organized labor have signaled their support for an updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It's a rare, bipartisan accomplishment at a time of deep division.
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Dec 10, 2019
New York's Attorney General argued that the oil giant misled shareholders about the financial risks from climate change.
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Dec 10, 2019
House Democrats and organized labor have signed off on an updated trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. The announcement comes as Democrats unveiled articles of impeachment against President Trump.
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Dec 10, 2019
House Democrats announce an agreement on the new trade agreement expected to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement between United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Dec 10, 2019
Esther Duflo is the first female economist to win the Nobel Prize. Planet Money talks to her about her win, the state of gender inequality in economics, and her new book.
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Dec 10, 2019
The Trump administration is taking aim at the World Trade Organization. The president is refusing to approve WTO appellate nominees, hampering its ability to serve as a trade referee.
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Dec 10, 2019
If some U.S. allies allow Chinese company Huawei into their 5G telecommunications networks, Robert O'Brien says China's communist government would have access to sensitive personal data.
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Dec 10, 2019
If some U.S. allies allow Chinese company Huawei into their 5G telecommunications networks, Robert O'Brien says China's communist government would have access to sensitive personal data.
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Dec 10, 2019
Many buses and vans can safely accommodate and restrain a passenger's wheelchair, but airline passengers are required to transfer to the plane's standard seat. A grassroots group hopes to change that.
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Dec 09, 2019
Mike Calhoun rang the alarm bell early on about the subprime mortgage debacle — before reckless lending drove the economy into recession. These days, he's sounding the alarm about student loans.
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Dec 09, 2019
Volcker took the top job at the Federal Reserve in 1979, at a time when inflation was spiraling out of control. He is credited with taming it.
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Dec 07, 2019
The utility hopes the settlement will help it emerge from bankruptcy proceedings by the end of the year. When it declared bankruptcy in January, the company faced potential liabilities of $30 billion.
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Dec 06, 2019
The Paramount Consent Decrees were enacted more than 70 years ago to keep Hollywood studios from monopolizing film distribution. Now the Department of Justice has filed to terminate them.
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Dec 06, 2019
The next phase of the impeachment process begins. A Democratic contender drops out of the presidential race. And the Attorney General weighs in on protests against police.
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Dec 06, 2019
U.S. employers added a better-than-expected number of jobs last month, boosted in part by the return of General Motors workers who had been on strike in October. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.
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Dec 06, 2019
The U.S. economy is still growing, but trade tensions have taken a toll — especially on factories and farms. The trade war's impact on the overall economy is being debated.
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Dec 06, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that House Democrats will move ahead with drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. We look at what's next. Also, the latest on measles outbreaks.
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Dec 05, 2019
A new report from Uber, covering 2017 and 2018, says the claims range from unwanted touching and kissing to rape. Also, 19 people were killed in physical assaults during or soon after an Uber ride.
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Dec 05, 2019
Gamble, 64, will serve the remainder of the term of former head Gary Jones, who has been implicated in a federal embezzlement and bribery scheme at the union and resigned his post last month.
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Dec 05, 2019
The two companies expect to create more than 1,100 jobs in northeast Ohio. The new plant will be built near GM's Lordstown facility that was shuttered earlier this year.
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Dec 05, 2019
The share of total income of the top 1% of earners in the U.S. more than doubled over four decades. But in Europe, the gains were less dramatic. What accounts for the difference across the Atlantic?
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Dec 05, 2019
Officials say Evil Corp. developed and distributed a type of malware that infected computers around the world and harvested banking credentials in order to steal some $100 million.
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Dec 05, 2019
The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.
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Dec 05, 2019
"Curbside pickup" is quickly gaining traction in online grocery shopping, and it may be preferable to delivery.
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Dec 05, 2019
Restaurants without diners are popping up all over the place. "Ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats seek to feed diners' appetite for delivery.
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Dec 04, 2019
"Your average thrift store in the United States only sells about one-third of the stuff that ends up on its shelves," Adam Minter says. His book explores what happens to the things that don't sell.
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Dec 04, 2019
In the search for alternatives to coal and gas, some European countries have turned to a very old fuel. They're importing wood from the United States. Some environmentalists say it makes no sense.
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Dec 03, 2019
Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are leaving their leadership roles and Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent.
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Dec 03, 2019
Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page end their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet.
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Dec 03, 2019
President Trump's trade war is heating up again, with threats of new tariffs on France, Brazil and Argentina. The sudden shifts have rattled investors, who'd come to believe a truce was near.
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Dec 03, 2019
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with CNBC reporter Megan Graham about Pelton's holiday ad and its effect on the company's brand. The ad has prompted cries of sexism and body shaming online.
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Dec 03, 2019
Springfield, Ill., newspaper editor Angie Muhs quit after another wave of job cuts. Her former boss, Gannett CEO Mike Reed, says he sees hope after a mega-merger requiring more layoffs.
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Dec 03, 2019
"A China trade deal is dependent on one thing — do I want to make it," the president said, adding, "In some ways, I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal."
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Dec 03, 2019
Lawmakers want information stretching back nearly a decade from Deutsche Bank and Capitol One on President Trump, his family members and businesses. Trump is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Dec 03, 2019
Over the last year, the media has focused on a wealth tax. But there's another type of wealth taxation also on the table, and it might stand a better chance of surviving judicial review.
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Dec 03, 2019
A decline in milk consumption has helped to drive a giant U.S. milk company into bankruptcy. A dairy cooperative may buy most of Dean Foods "to make sure all that milk keeps flowing."
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Dec 03, 2019
NPR's Noel King talks to Stephen Vaughn, former general counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, about the U.S.-China trade war, and about U.S. trade policy in other parts of the world.
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Dec 02, 2019
President Trump on Monday tweeted that he's reimposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina. The new tariffs turn up the heat on what was already a simmering trade war.
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Dec 02, 2019
Natural disasters, protests and stark scientific reports are heightening concern over climate change. And companies are under pressure from banks and investors to green their corporate images.
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Dec 02, 2019
NPR's David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about the status of brick-and-mortar retailers.
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Dec 02, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ashley Boyd of the Mozilla Foundation about its third annual "Privacy Not Included" buyer's guide, which will help consumers shop for safe and secure connected products.
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Dec 02, 2019
The trade war with China is weighing on America's manufacturers. "[The tariff burden] comes out of our bottom line," says Dan Digre, president of Misco, a speaker maker in Minnesota.
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Dec 02, 2019
Some workers are sick — some even died — after cutting stone countertops for kitchens and bathrooms. The material is cut to order in thousands of shops that may not understand the dangers.
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Dec 02, 2019
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit.
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Dec 01, 2019
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with the co-owners of Immigrant Food, Chef Enrique Limardo and Peter Schechter, about their new restaurant, which is located one block from the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Dec 01, 2019
The channel was launched 25 years ago today. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ronda Kaysen, contributor to the New York Times, about why the network first caught on and is still going strong.
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Dec 01, 2019
The University of Virginia Health System has sued more than 36,000 patients for unpaid medical bills. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks Dr. Michael Williams, who is fighting the practice.
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Nov 30, 2019
The tentative agreement makes Fiat Chrysler the last of the big three Detroit automakers to arrive at a deal with the United Auto Workers this year.
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Nov 30, 2019
About 114 million Americans were expected to hit stores Friday and another 67 million today, but a survey suggests online shopping will be a majority of holiday shoppers' priority for the first time.
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Nov 30, 2019
About 114 million Americans were expected to hit stores Friday and another 67 million today, but a survey suggests online shopping will be a majority of holiday shoppers' priority for the first time.
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Nov 29, 2019
Toys R Us has reopened just two stores after a painful bankruptcy. This Black Friday will be its first under new ownership.
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Nov 29, 2019
The day after Thanksgiving is still the busiest shopping day of the year. But, for many reasons, it is losing its status as the focal point of the holiday shopping season.
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Nov 28, 2019
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case that involved both a 300-year-old pirate ship — and a contemporary fight between two powerful forces: states' rights and property rights.
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Nov 28, 2019
As ski season starts, resorts across the country are scrambling to find enough workers. Record low unemployment, expensive housing and fewer visas for foreign wokers make this year especially tough.
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Nov 28, 2019
Camouflage fashion is everywhere. A Montana company that makes camo primarily for hunters is suing fashion giant Supreme for poaching its copyrighted camo pattern.
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Nov 27, 2019
The company received criticism over plans to delete inactive accounts. It later clarified that deletions will not occur until after a "memorial" function is introduced.
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Nov 27, 2019
The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.
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Nov 27, 2019
Carbon emissions from global air travel are rising fast, and U.S. passengers make up largest share. But some people are vowing not to fly at all, motivated by guilt and concern for the environment.
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Nov 27, 2019
Order a drink, but hold the bartender? As it becomes relatively more expensive to run restaurants and bars, some are saving money by replacing human servers with pour-your-own electronic taps.
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Nov 27, 2019
Senate Democrats have unveiled an aggressive digital rights privacy bill. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to one of the measure's sponsors, Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington.
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Nov 27, 2019
Senate Democrats have unveiled an aggressive digital rights privacy bill. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to one of the measure's sponsors, Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington.
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Nov 27, 2019
A report from the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Atlantic reveals how Amazon warehouse employees are dealing with crippling injuries. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Will Evans.
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Nov 27, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown Law, about drug companies being issued subpoenas in the probe of the opioid crisis.
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Nov 27, 2019
More transcripts are released in the House impeachment inquiry. Federal prosecutors begin a probe of some pharmaceutical companies. A report finds high injury rates among Amazon warehouse employees.
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Nov 27, 2019
A rural county in Pennsylvania was once dubbed the "refugee capital of America" by the BBC. How did Lancaster County earn this nickname?
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Nov 27, 2019
If you've ever run to the store right before Thanksgiving, you know it can be stressful. In recent years, more Americans have relied on the Internet to save them with last-minute grocery deliveries.
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Nov 26, 2019
Boeing is grappling with more than just fixing the technical problems with its 737 Max planes. Two crashes of the new plane have undermined trust in the aircraft manufacturer.
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Nov 26, 2019
In the fast-paced ever-changing world of children's entertainment, Highlights magazine, founded in 1946, slows things down with short articles and puzzles.
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Nov 26, 2019
The most profitable company in the world was supposed to make its international debut, listing public shares for the first time at a valuation of $2 trillion. Now it's staying local. What happened?
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Nov 26, 2019
The publishing story of the 2010s was digitization. Publishers and booksellers were terrified, but at the end of the decade, eBooks proved a boon.
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Nov 26, 2019
Brigham Young University-Idaho faced a backlash after it introduced a policy barring students from using Medicaid to meet requirements for health coverage to enroll. The policy has been reversed.
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Nov 25, 2019
Uber is fighting for survival in London after the city's transportation agency said it would not renew the company's operating license, citing safety concerns. This adds to a difficult year for Uber.
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Nov 25, 2019
The mobile phone carrier is serious about the color associated with its brand. Now, a legal dispute involving T-Mobile's parent is raising the question: Is it possible to own a color?
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Nov 25, 2019
The mobile phone carrier is serious about the color associated with its brand. Now, a legal dispute involving T-Mobile's parent is raising the question: Is it possible to own a color?
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Nov 25, 2019
More efficient lightbulbs are cheaper and longer-lasting than ever. But while that's good for consumers, it can be tough for an industry that's also facing shifting regulations.
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Nov 25, 2019
Changes are rippling through the financial services market as trade fees drop to zero. The merger will likely attract antitrust scrutiny, as the combined firms will hold $5 trillion in client assets.
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Nov 25, 2019
In a class-action lawsuit, workers in California accused the fast-food chain of failing to pay them overtime and other wages.
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Nov 25, 2019
A nonprofit student loan group alleges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has abandoned its duty to police widespread mismanagement of a loan forgiveness program for public service workers.
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Nov 25, 2019
A nonprofit student loan group alleges that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has abandoned its duty to police widespread mismanagement of a loan forgiveness program for public service workers.
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Nov 25, 2019
The grocery-delivery app faces a new wave of discontent. Working for an algorithm means tweaks can upend a livelihood — and being a faster, nicer, more experienced worker doesn't guarantee better pay.
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Nov 25, 2019
The city's transportation regulator says Uber's systems "allowed unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other Uber driver accounts" and take on customers as if they were the Uber driver.
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Nov 25, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to CNN's Hadas Gold about London officials failing to extend Uber's operating license. Regulators said the company's poor track record put passengers at risk.
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Nov 25, 2019
Democratic presidential candidates want to obliterate student debt. Economists say that could help with income inequality, but it would come with a big price tag and risks.
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Nov 25, 2019
Health care sharing ministries offer consumers an alternative to traditional insurance, and people are drawn to their lower premiums. But one company is accused of selling illegal insurance products.
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Nov 25, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to bankruptcy expert Jodie Adams Kirshner about how Detroit residents have navigated life during and after the city's bankruptcy. Kirshner's new book is called Broke.
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Nov 25, 2019
Democratic presidential candidates want to obliterate student debt. Economists say that could help with income inequality. But it would come with a big price tag and risks.
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Nov 25, 2019
For years, the fashion show put on by Victoria's Secret has been a key marketing tool. The controversial event has been discontinued. The retailer's parent company says it's time to evolve.
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Nov 25, 2019
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect.
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Nov 24, 2019
The big problem for these booming businesses isn't staff shortages, government regulations or software glitches. It's all about the electrical grid.
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Nov 24, 2019
The Arctic island has a wealth of rare earth resources that the U.S. has labeled as essential to national defense.
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Nov 23, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Kara Swisher about new rules governing political ads on some social media platforms.
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Nov 23, 2019
Former conservative radio host Craig Silverman was fired mid-show for criticizing President Trump, he says. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Denver attorney about what happened and why.
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Nov 23, 2019
House affordability was a topic in the last Democratic presidential debate. Economist Robert Shiller talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the affordability problem across the U.S.
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Nov 22, 2019
A legal dispute involving the parent company of T- Mobile is raising the question: is it possible to own a color?
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Nov 22, 2019
The truck's unique design threw some Tesla fans for a loop. And when Musk showed off the truck's "armor glass," its windows shattered.
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Nov 22, 2019
President Trump says he stands with democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong. But he stopped short of pledging support for a pro-Hong Kong bill, saying it could complicate trade talks with China.
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