Mar 05 Opinion: How this Senate banking bill could open the front door to housing discrimination By Catherine Cortez Masto, Vanita Gupta Now is not the time for Congress to make it harder for state attorneys general to fill the void in consumer protection and civil rights enforcement that President Trump is creating. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 2:59 Here’s how American companies are responding to the Florida school shooting By PBS News Hour Students and educators were gunned down at their school in Parkland, Florida, two weeks ago, and corporate America is responding. Kroger announced that stores will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to buyers under 21, joining Walmart and Dick's this… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 4:29 Will corporate leaders taking a stand on guns have a contagious effect? By PBS News Hour As public demand for action on gun control gains traction in the wake of the Florida school shooting, companies such as Delta Air Lines and Walmart are taking steps to distance themselves from the NRA. Hari Sreenivasan is joined by… Continue watching
Feb 27 Will small businesses benefit from the new tax law? By Hannah Grabenstein Many small business owners appear poised to benefit from the tax bill that Congress passed late last year. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 8:24 If you’re worried about the world, here’s reason to be hopeful — and keep worrying By PBS News Hour The welfare of humankind has never been better, according to psychologist Steven Pinker, but whether it continues to get better depends on making collective wellbeing our goal and using science and reason to achieve it. Pinker, who pushes his case… Continue watching
Feb 21 Fed officials: Stronger economy boosts chance for rate hikes By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Federal Reserve officials at their January meeting believed that a brightening global economic picture and the effects of recently passed tax cuts had raised the prospect for solid growth and continued interest rate increases. Continue reading
Feb 16 Everything you need to know about family-based migration By Susan J. Cohen and Michael W. Klein, The Conversation Current U.S. immigration law severely limits family-based immigration, one of the policies at the heart of the current immigration debate in the Senate. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 7:03 How this artist fantasyland became a New Mexico moneymaker By PBS News Hour Can an immersive, mystery funhouse help revive a state like New Mexico? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe hippie artist collective turned business that convinced the "Game of Thrones" author to buy and lease them a… Continue watching
Feb 15 Can this booming New Mexico art collective spark economic growth? By Paul Solman The Santa Fe arts collective Meow Wolf is a major job creator in New Mexico, a state that's struggled to recover from the Great Recession. Continue reading
Feb 15 Column: How to lose weight with economics, and why it’s so damn hard By Paul Solman People are made up of various subconscious inner selves, and these inner selves compete with each other for control of the organism. Continue reading