Business

The Reverend David K. Brawley is one of the leaders of East Brooklyn Congregations, which put together the Nehemiah housing plan. They continue to build houses today.

Economy

The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

11:25pm October 04, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

Is geography destiny? It goes against the core idea of the American dream, but a new online data tool says where you were born and raised actually makes a huge difference — down to the very block.

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Donald Trump, accompanied by Donald Trump Jr. (from left), Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump at an event in 2016. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood says the younger Trumps had exercised no real control over the Trump Foundation's activities, despite b

New York AG Presses Forward With Suit Against Trump's Charitable Foundation

8:45pm October 04, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

The state Attorney General's office sued the Donald J. Trump Foundation in June, accusing it of repeatedly violating state and federal laws, but the foundation says the suit it politically motivated.

"To an extraordinary degree, Mark Zuckerberg is Facebook ... so if you're going to understand Facebook in any meaningful way, the conversation really has to start with him and end with him," journalist Evan Osnos says.

Politics & Government

The Central Question Behind Facebook: 'What Does Mark Zuckerberg Believe In?'

5:15pm October 04, 2018

by Dave Davies

Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.

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(L-R) Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer.

Economy

What Comes Afta NAFTA

5:08pm October 04, 2018

The US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement keeps in place the basic NAFTA framework, with a few twists.

Economy

What These Overlooked Economic Indicators Say About Work And The Labor Market

4:47pm October 04, 2018

by Cardiff Garcia

The latest jobs report comes out Friday and economists expect to see more new jobs being created, at a healthy pace. But there aren't just more jobs. People are also changing jobs more often.

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World News

'Bloomberg' Reporter Outlines How Chinese Microchips Infiltrated Nearly 30 U.S. Companies

4:25pm October 04, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Michael Riley following a story he co-authored about how Chinese microchips have infiltrated nearly 30 U.S. companies.

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The Risk Associated With Buying A Discount Airline Ticket

7:11am October 04, 2018

The Danish airline Primera Air this week announced its bankruptcy filing while flights were still in the air. Thousands of passengers were left stranded at ticket counters.

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Politics & Government

'New York Times' Report Reignites Interest In Trump's Tax Returns

6:57am October 04, 2018

David Greene talks to Andrea Berstein, co-host of the podcast Trump Inc., a co-production of member station WNYC and ProPublica, about allegations of tax fraud against Trump in The New York Times.

Experts Question Trump's Strategy To Reach Revised NAFTA Deal

6:28am October 04, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The White House sees the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as vindication of the president's hard-nosed negotiating tactics. But the modest benefits may not be worth the cost.

In just three years, the electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul has swallowed the American market with its USB key-shaped vapes.

Health & Safety

FDA Seizes Documents From E-Cigarette Maker Amid Crackdown On Flavored Vapes

11:18pm October 03, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

More than 1,000 documents were reportedly seized from the headquarters of Juul Labs in a surprise inspection on the manufacturer.