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By Nick LichtenbergMay 15, 2026
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Future of WorkAmerica’s productivity boom started before AI, and a Stanford economist who decoded the Great Resignation says working from home is the reason why
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 15, 2026
EnvironmentStartups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid
By Sasha RogelbergMay 15, 2026
EnvironmentChina dominates the minerals that power AI. But one company claims there’s enough supply on the ocean floor to last for hundreds of years
By Jake AngeloMay 15, 2026
EconomyDemand for longer-term U.S. debt gets weaker as one shock after another stokes fear that high inflation is here to stay
By Jason MaMay 15, 2026
EconomyDominoes are steadily falling in the path of the rate cuts Trump wants to see from Kevin Warsh
By Eleanor PringleMay 15, 2026
SuccessBefore ‘Star Wars’ made him a multimillionaire, Harrison Ford struggled to make ends meet—so he spent 15 years working a trades side-gig
By Preston ForeMay 15, 2026
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Personal FinanceThe national debt isn’t $39 trillion. One economist says it’s actually $100 trillion
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 13, 2026
North AmericaThe U.S. Mint dropped the olive branch from the dime. What does that mean for the country?
By Catherina GioinoMarch 12, 2026
EnergyGoogle and Tesla know electricity is expensive. They’re teaming up to bring you an alternative.
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 12, 2026
EnergyExxon, Chevron, and other US oil and gas producers and refiners hit all-time-high stock values amid Iran war while consumers pay the price
By Jordan BlumMarch 12, 2026
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LawPolice officers shot a man in the back, then a cop took the first ambulance because of a ‘mild anxiety attack’
By Dave Collins and The Associated PressMarch 12, 2026
Big TechApple’s $599 MacBook Neo is a ‘shock to the entire market’—and PC makers are ‘taking it very seriously’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 12, 2026
PoliticsTrump might get away with his new tariffs: The law he’s relying on survived over 3,600 legal challenges, and even Biden used it
By Jake AngeloMarch 12, 2026
EconomyFertilizer prices soar as Strait of Hormuz tensions rise—forcing U.S. farmers to rethink spring planting
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 12, 2026
SuccessThe pay premium for job-hopping is disappearing—switching roles nearly has nearly the same payoff as staying loyal to an employer
By Emma BurleighMarch 12, 2026
SuccessStarbucks’ Howard Schultz moved to Seattle 44 years ago with his wife, dog, and not much else. Here’s how he built his $6.6 billion fortune
By Sydney LakeMarch 12, 2026
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EnergyTrump says the U.S. will open its first new oil refinery in nearly 50 years as the U.S. military avoids bombing Iran’s oil infrastructure
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 11, 2026
EconomyIt’s thanks to Social Security wealth inequality isn’t even worse, Wharton economist says. Trump’s policies will push it to insolvency in 6 years
By Tristan BoveMarch 11, 2026
CommentaryThere’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history
By Charles Walldorf and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s Iran war is costing American taxpayers $1 billion a day as the national debt spirals out of control
By Shawn TullyMarch 11, 2026
North AmericaBill Gates was a top 3 philanthropist last year as the ultrawealthy gave away $22.4 billion — but he didn’t take the top spot
By David Campbell, Hans Peter Schmitz, Lindsey McDougle and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
Middle EastSomething’s different about America since the early 2000s and it has to do with drill, baby, drill
By Amy Myers Jaffe and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
PoliticsWashington state wants to keep employers from microchipping workers, before anyone even gets the idea
By Catherina GioinoMarch 10, 2026
AIPeter Thiel dumped Nvidia and invested $45 million into Microsoft and Apple—sending a strong signal about who will win the AI race
By Tristan BoveMarch 10, 2026
EconomyTrump’s immigration crackdown is backfiring by hurting the U.S.-born workers it was meant to help, data shows
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 10, 2026
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