Business

Journalist Explains How Panama Papers Opened Up The World's Illicit Money Networks

2:17pm November 20, 2017

Reporter Jake Bernstein helped break the story of the Panama Papers, the leaked documents that detail the offshore tax havens of the super rich. His new book is Secrecy World.

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Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot outside Gascoyne, N.D., in 2014.

Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Regulators' OK In Nebraska, Clearing Key Hurdle

1:15pm November 20, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-2 on Monday to approve the controversial pipeline — albeit not on the route preferred by TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL.

Victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse and their supporters protest during a #MeToo march this month in Hollywood, Calif.

National

Special Report: A Cultural Turning Point On Sexual Harassment?

11:12am November 19, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

After dozens of allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein came out, a torrent of survivors' stories seemed to emerge — in sports, in business, in politics and in the media, including at NPR.

Arms Merchants Go To The Pentagon

8:11am November 19, 2017

by David Welna

Former executives from some of the country's biggest military equipment companies are occupying top slots at the Pentagon, their biggest customer. But there's bipartisan pushback.

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A third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the work place when seeking jobs, getting promotions and earning equal pay, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard TH Chan school of public

As Native Americans Face Job Discrimination, A Tribe Works To Employ Its Own

8:20am November 18, 2017

by Graham Lee Brewer

About a third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace when seeking jobs, or when getting promotions or earning equal pay, according to a new poll by NPR

National

Reckoning With Sexual Harassment

8:19am November 18, 2017

Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine talks with Scott Simon about this post-Weinstein moment, in which many of us are considering how we've been complicit in, and affected by, sexual harassment.

National

Trump Franchise Hotel To Open In Small Mississippi Town

8:19am November 18, 2017

by Jackie Northam

The Trump Organization is unveiling a new line of four-star hotels. The first one is due to open soon in a tiny Mississippi Delta town.

'The Longevity Economy': What Does It Mean To Be Old?

8:19am November 18, 2017

A new book called The Longevity Economy argues businesses are failing to design things that older consumers want to buy because they're relying on outmoded ideas about what it means to be old.

Economist Takes Deep Dive Into The Effects Of Slashing Corporate Taxes

6:39pm November 17, 2017

NPR's Elise Hu talks with economist Kimberly Clausing about how both the Senate and House version of the tax overhaul would offer a very large, permanent tax cut for corporations.

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Grapes have been growing along the steep slopes of Germany's Mosel River for centuries. Now global warming is shifting the timing of the harvest.

Climate Change Ripens Prospects For German Winemakers

6:33pm November 17, 2017

by Daniella Cheslow

While Spanish and Italian growers worry heat will dry out vines, in Germany, warming has made for better Rieslings. And one scientist says they couldn't be making red wine so good otherwise.

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