Cargo ships wait at the entrance to the Panama Canal in late September.
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Smart water management isn’t just good for the earth. It’s good for business.
The Mormon Temple is the centerpiece of Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
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Like all charitable donors, church members – even those who make donations to remain in good standing with their religious institution – give up their legal right to control that money.
Sam Bankman-Fried got 25 years for his role in overseeing a multibillion-dollar crypto fraud.
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The downfall of the onetime multibillionaire holds lessons for investors and regulators alike.
Few people with SNAP benefits could use them for online purchases before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5% between late April and late July of 2020, a research team found.
Climate change leads to investment droughts, too.
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Global warming plus leverage equals a big mess for companies.
If your boss is biased, this is a logical response.
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Having a biased manager lowers productivity across the board – even for workers who aren’t targeted.
About 46,000 autoworkers gradually went on strike starting in mid-September.
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Rank-and-file union members employed by the automakers have to ratify the new contracts before they become official.
Corporate investors own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties in Atlanta.
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Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
An emergency bottled-water distribution site in Flint, Mich., in early 2016.
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Dependence on bottled water weakens pressure to fix tap-water problems. Who pays the price?
Supporters of Hezbollah have been rallying in Beirut in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Hezbollah dominates Lebanon’s sectarian political system, giving the paralyzed government little choice if the militant group chooses to join Hamas’ war against Israel.
Search engines are expected to increasingly incorporate generative AI.
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Search engines run by generative AI could fundamentally change the online ecosystem.
Victims’ names engraved in a metal overhang, part of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, are reflected in mirroring panels along the sidewalk.
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A memorial at the site of the 1911 fire remembers those who died; a cadre of young Jewish women helped push for change in the wake of the tragedy.
Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march on Oct. 6, 2023, in Vallejo, Calif.
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Beyond higher wages and improved benefits, the terms of the Kaiser settlement would ensure better staffing, which the unions have argued is critical for providing quality patient care.
Food banks can operate on a large scale that requires expensive equipment and skilled management.
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Donors and grantmakers often pressure nonprofits to spend as little as possible on fundraising and overhead.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
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A sociologist interviewed more than 200 Black workers about their experiences. Here’s what she found.
The attacks may have reversed a decline in philanthropy seen in recent years.
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As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
The Russian economy: A Potemkin village?
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A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented rebellion for over a century.
Cars lined up for gasoline in New Jersey in 1973 as supplies ran low and prices shot upward.
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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are changing.
Seeking greenhorns with green thumbs.
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It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles refinery, California’s largest producer of gasoline.
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California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.
The world’s newest Nobel laureate takes a bow.
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Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.
UAW union members picket in front of a Stellantis distribution center on Sept. 25, 2023, in Carrollton, Texas.
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The companies are making more generous offers, and the union is commanding support from the general public and the president of the United States.
Legos are designed to last for decades. That posed a challenge when the toymaker tried to switch to recycled plastics.
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Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies will face tough, sometimes surprising, choices.
Formerly cutting-edge technology.
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History suggests that there’s risk of overplaying one’s hand when new technology is lurking.
This safety net program helps infants, toddlers and their moms eat right.
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Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children quickly halts during government shutdowns.