Business

Is the auto industry ready for new proposed fuel efficiency standards?

5:20am April 12, 2023

by Leila Fadel

New proposed fuel efficiency standards could push U.S. car manufacturers to adopt electric vehicles quickly — within the next decade. Is the auto industry ready?

Health & Safety

The legal battle over mifepristone raises concerns in the the pharmacetical industry

5:20am April 12, 2023

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard Medical School's Ameet Sarpatwari about the legal battle over mifepristone and how it might affect the drug market in the U.S. and beyond.

Economy

What is the cause of bank runs?

5:20am April 12, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The IMF predicts slow growth for many countries. In the U.S., one factor holding back the economy is volatility in the banking sector — the bank runs we saw last month. But what causes bank runs?

Rutgers students and faculty participate in a strike at the university's main campus on Monday.

National

Gen Z is the most pro union generation alive. Will they organize to reflect that?

5:09pm April 11, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

A recent poll shows that public support for labor organizing is the highest it's been in decades. But union membership is at an all-time low. Will Gen Z bridge that gap?

National

Bed Bath & Beyond's stock keeps dropping lower

4:26pm April 11, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

A share of Bed Bath & Beyond now costs 31 cents, down from $5 earlier this year and $80 a decade ago as the company circles around bankruptcy. How low can this stock — or any stock — actually go?

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 21: A group of people hold signs at the front of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry during a protest calling for the European Union to impose additional sanctions against Russia on February 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Why sanctions don't work — but could if done right

1:24pm April 11, 2023

by Paddy Hirsch

Sanctions backfire. So why do we keep using them?

A delivery worker rides his electric bicycle past the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2020, in New York. Electric bicycles and scooters are being blamed in an increasing number of fires resulting in injuries and deaths in New York City.

National

2 youths were killed in the latest fire blamed on an e-bike in New York City

11:53am April 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

It's the fifth fire-related death this year in New York City where officials have said an e-bike was the cause. A father and his five children were in the second-story apartment when the fire began.

FTX debtors' report finds company's collapse due to 'hubris, incompetence and greed'

7:39am April 11, 2023

by Leila Fadel

An FTX debtors' report says "hubris, incompetence, and greed" led to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to stacy-marie ishmael of Bloomberg News.

Queue Listen Now

Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102.

Arts

Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

7:25pm April 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

National

What should minimum pay be for workers who deliver food for apps? NYC can't agree

4:40pm April 10, 2023

by Dara Kerr

In New York City, an ongoing battle over giving a minimum wage to delivery workers for apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub came to a head at an hours long council hearing on Friday.