Texas Border Town Economics
The U.S. and Mexican economies meet each other along the long border. We traveled to the border city of McAllen, Texas to talk to locals about jobs, taxes, trade and NAFTA.
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Ousted Prosecutor Preet Bharara, Trump And Wall Street
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to financial writer William Cohan about the firing of Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Trump Praises Positive Jobs Report For His First Full Month In Office
President Trump is touting positive jobs numbers for his first full month as president. But those numbers are based on expectations of what Trump will do as president.
White House Cheers Numbers On Jobs, Border Crossings
The Trump administration got some encouraging signals this week: An employment report shows solid job growth, while illegal border crossings fell sharply.
Trump Adviser's Warning About Food Supply Takeover Met With Skepticism
Peter Navarro, top trade adviser to the president, worries that foreign takeovers of U.S. food and defense companies could make America less secure. But economists see no signs of that happening.
U.S. Employers Added A Robust 235,000 Jobs In February
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate stayed about where it has been, dropping just a tenth of a percentage point to 4.7 percent. All in all, the report builds on strong jobs gains in January.
D.C. Restaurant Sues Donald Trump, Trump Hotel Over Unfair Competition
Two Washington, D.C., restaurateurs are suing Trump International Hotel and President Trump, alleging unfair competition in the D.C. market.
Female Workers Asked To Join In 'A Day Without A Woman' Protests
To show the economic importance of women, organizers are encouraging them to take the day off from paid and unpaid labor and not to shop — except at women and minority owned and small businesses.
Brazil's Recession The Longest And Deepest In Its History, New Figures Show
Brazil's recession was already of historic proportions. Today, government figures from 2016 confirm that it has grown even worse. Nearly 13 million Brazilians are unemployed.
Working Class Students Answer: Is College Worth It?
NPR's Michel Martin visits Madison, Wis., next week for "Who Needs College?" the latest live event in the "Going There" series. UW-Madison student Sam Park discusses the value of a college education.