What a small business owner makes of the tax overhaul.

Dec 4, 2017
Is the proposed tax overhaul really a boon for small business? We checked in with Austin Golding, co-owner of Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to find out his perspective. “It seems like every time there’s a discussion about it, there’s a different provision or different nuance to it, but we’ve definitely been trying to […]

In Nebraska, historic shelterbelts are making way for more crops

Nov 28, 2017
The strips of trees once protected farmers from Dust Bowl storms. Reporter Carson Vaughan wrote about them.
A view of the plains in Sidney, Nebraska.
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Time to pay attention to net neutrality again

Nov 21, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission will not uphold Obama-era net neutrality rules. Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai asked the commission to adopt a more free-market approach to regulating the internet. Net neutrality is the idea that all data transmitted over the internet be treated equally and companies can’t slow down or charge different rates for different […]

Germany won't have a government anytime soon

Nov 20, 2017
The German parliament still has not formed a coalition government.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the presidential residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin where she met the German President on November 20, 2017 after coalition talks failed overnight. 
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Puerto Rico still has no power

Nov 16, 2017
Marketplace Weekend's Lizzie O'Leary gives us the view from the ground in San Juan.
A power line tower downed by the passing of Hurricane Maria lies on top of a house in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 7, 2017.
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The powerful hold of Silicon Valley's venture capital priesthood

Marketplace Tech's Molly wood tells how a small, influential group of mostly men have a tendency to fund ... mostly men.
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Chicago's decaying water system is delivering disparate rates

Nov 9, 2017
Minority and lower-income residents are struggling to pay skyrocketing bills for a basic resource, says Patrick O'Connell of the Chicago Tribune.
“How far you are away from Lake Michigan doesn't always correspond with how much you pay for water,” says journalist Patrick O'Connell.
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Why the GOP believes in a decades-old tax myth

Nov 1, 2017
Tax cuts for the rich is the only economic solution Republicans know, says Bruce Bartlett, a former presidential adviser.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, left, a Republican from Wisconsin, discusses the GOP plans for tax reform on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C.
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What it means to close the 'dignity gap'

Mar 7, 2017
AEI president argues that the poor need an American culture that values them.
"Something like a third of the American population is starting to express pretty grave doubts in their ability to earn their success in the United States," says Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute. Above, people wait in line at a jobs fair in Sunrise, Florida.
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Blog: What the protest economy means to you

Feb 23, 2017
Listeners weigh in on how their businesses have been affected by the constant state of protest.
Protesters walk up Pennsylvania Avenue on Jan. 21 during the women's march on Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Capitol in the background.
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