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Crown Act inspires the creation of a directory of Black-owned hair care businesses

8:10am September 29, 2023

by Kailey Hunt

A new Texas law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination has inspired one woman to try to give back to Black and minority communities across the country.

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Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Sep. 4, 2023.

Health & Safety

Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike

6:58am September 29, 2023

by Danielle Kaye

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers at hundreds of U.S. facilities could go on strike for three days starting Wednesday, in the largest health care strike in the county's history.

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Why September, on average, is the worst month for the stock market

5:14am September 29, 2023

by Jeff Guo

Going back more than a century, the month of September has been — on average — the worst month for the stock market. And September 2023 appears to be no exception. But why?

Parents of the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX face their own legal troubles

5:14am September 29, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried, ex-head of FTX goes on trial next week accused of orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history. Bankman-Fried's parents are now facing legal problems of their own.

Health & Safety

Some 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout

5:14am September 29, 2023

There's one more round of in-person bargaining on Friday — the last chance to avoid a strike before the contract expires Saturday. Workers are represented by 12 local unions, from coast to coast.

Pharmacists who work for CVS have staged a walkout in the Kansas City metro area, protesting what they say are unreasonable work conditions. In this file photo, a CVS store is seen in Jackson, Miss.

Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just walked out

5:00am September 29, 2023

by Bill Chappell

After a large walkout forced at least a dozen stores to shut down in the Kansas City area, CVS promises change. But critics say the crisis in staffing and unfair pay extends beyond that market.

President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.

The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

10:37pm September 28, 2023

by Asma Khalid

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas.

Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals

7:04pm September 28, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime drilling boom-towns.

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European Union pressured to stop the flood of foreign investment in soccer clubs

5:35pm September 28, 2023

by H.J. Mai

Money from Gulf States has distorted the balance of power among European soccer clubs. Now there's a push to regulate outside money coming into the sport.

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Politics & Government

Tech industry group weighs in on FTC's case against Amazon

4:41pm September 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Kovacevich, CEO of the tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for alleged abuse of monopoly power.

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