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Boris Johnson strikes Brexit deal with EU

By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

The deal must still be formally approved by the bloc and ratified by the European and U.K. Parliaments.

Can my ex bar me from his retirement benefits?

By Philip Moeller

Can an ex-wife file for a Social Security benefit based on a former husband’s earnings record, even if he stated that she has no rights to his retirement benefits? "Such benefits have no impact on his own Social Security entitlements,"…

What history tells us about Andrew Yang’s universal basic income plan

By Edwin Amenta, The Conversation

Yang's plan is a direct echo of the Townsend Plan, the brainchild of another political novice who also believed that the solution to economic disruption and automation almost a century ago was to guarantee an income.

GM and union reach tentative deal that could end strike

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The deal was hammered out Wednesday but it won't immediately end the strike by more than 49,000 workers.

U.S. retail sales dip 0.3 percent in September

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Retail sales dropped in September by the largest amount in seven months, possibly signaling that rising trade tensions and turbulent markets are having an impact on consumer spending.

IMF downgrades world’s economic outlook, citing trade wars

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The International Monetary Fund predicts that growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis.

How one corporation exploited the amendment that was meant to protect former slaves

By Elizabeth Flock

Corporations have often leveraged progressive reforms to serve the ends of business, says author Adam Winkler. "Perhaps more surprising is that corporations have also been innovators in constitutional law."…

U.S.-China truce leaves big issues unresolved

By Paul Wiseman, Dave Kolpack, David Pitt, Associated Press

Closer inspection suggests there isn't much substance, at least not yet, to the temporary truce President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House after the U.S. and China wrapped up their 13th round of trade talks.

Trump says new sanctions coming to pressure Turkey amid Syria offensive

Targeting Turkey's economy, President Donald Trump announced sanctions Monday aimed at restraining the Turks' assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria -- an assault Turkey began after Trump announced he was moving U.S. troops out of the way.

Why the 2019 Nobel Prizes in STEM struggled with diversity

By Gretchen Frazee

Esther Duflo is the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics in the award’s 50-year history. She's also the only woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in the sciences this year.