This song is nearly 5 decades long but its subject still hits home
The Planet Money team got a cassette tape in the mail with a 47-year-old song about a timely topic: inflation.
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CVS and Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion
It could amount to the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the industry's role in an overdose crisis linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades.
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Republicans have edge in enthusiasm in final six days before the midterms. Pelosi attack increases lawmakers' concerns for safety. AndFed expected to raise interest rates for the sixth time this year.
Home Depot workers in Philadelphia vote on whether to form 1st unionized store
More than 260 workers will be able to begin voting on Wednesday. Results are expected late Saturday.
Call center workers strike over pay and working conditions
Call center workers at a federal contractor that handles calls about Medicare and the Affordable Care Act plans have staged a walkout in four states.
Federal judge blocks Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster
In a victory for the Biden Administration, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster, which would have merged two of the world's biggest publishers.
New York City requires employers to list a salary range for posted job advertisements
A pay transparency law goes into effect Tuesday in New York City that requires employers to list a salary range for all posted job advertisements.
What one oil historian thinks about oil companies reporting record profits
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with oil historian Gregory Brew about the record profits being reported by oil companies.
How has salary transparency affected you? We want to hear your story
Employers and employees may find it both empowering and emotionally jarring to uncover salary information as state legislators pass salary transparency laws.
Elon Musk said Twitter wouldn't become a 'hellscape.' It's already changing
Musk has deleted a tweet in which he shared misinformation about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, but not before it had been retweeted and liked tens of thousands of times.