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A talk with the woman who designed Michelle Obama's portrait dress

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 16, 2018
The gown, with its graphic print, shows the former first lady's "intelligence, her realness," says Michelle Smith.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and artist Amy Sherald unveil Obama's portrait at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Monday.
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How the video game industry outsources labor

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 9, 2018
And the market forces that drive that.
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Should you be worried about big dips in the stock market?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 9, 2018
We gathered experts to answer this and more of your questions about the week's roller-coaster ride.
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Goodbye, Janet Yellen

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 2, 2018
The Federal Reserve's first female chair brought an era of steadiness to the central bank.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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E-Verify might not be all it's cracked up to be

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 2, 2018
It's not exactly a silver bullet.
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Weekly Wrap

The GOP has passed its $1.5 trillion tax package; we break it down

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 22, 2017
Just in time for the holidays.
US President Donald Trump speaks after signing a tax reform bill in the Oval Office of the White House December 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Shaky CHIP funding puts kids' well-being on the line in Alabama

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 22, 2017
Temporary stopgap funding for CHIP was passed, but children's access to health care is still at risk.
“If we don't take care of our children then we're going to have sicker adults," says pediatrician Marsha Raulerson.
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Economics of Disaster

How businesses in Puerto Rico are recovering after Maria

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 18, 2017
"It's basically been a lot of effort to try and stay on my feet."
A convenience store in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico is open, after the owner lost $25000 in spoiled goods after Hurricane Maria.
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Could self-driving wheelchairs be autonomous tech’s next big thing?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 15, 2017
Car's are not the only form of transportation that could benefit from driverless technology.
Disabled individuals in wheelchairs take part in a demonstration to demand more accessibility options for disabled people near the French National Assembly in Paris on July 6, 2015. 
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Economics of Disaster

Meet the man bringing power back to Puerto Rico

by Lizzie O'Leary
Dec 1, 2017
"It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced."
Col. John Lloyd, who leads the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission to restore power to Puerto Rico, stands in front of the strategy map highlighting key transmission lines. "It just is one of the most challenging missions that we've really faced,” he told us.
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