Trump Slams Nordstrom For Dropping Ivanka's Clothing Line
Trump's tweet, which said the company was unfair to his daughter, highlights concerns about the line between his official duties and his family's businesses.
ECONOMY
An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Bald Eagles Prey On Farmer's Chickens
Picture an organic farm, with thousands of free-range chickens roaming wide-open land. Now picture it from above, from the vantage of a soaring bald eagle. It's an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Black, Latino Two-Parent Families Have Half The Wealth Of White Single Parents
New data illustrate how deeply entrenched the racial wealth gap is. The reasons traverse the historical and deliberate exclusion of people of color from economic institutions and government programs.
'Black Edge' Recounts The Biggest Insider-Trading Scandal In History
Sheelah Kolhatkar discusses the investigation of billionaire hedge-fund trader Steven A. Cohen. She says the ways Wall Street elites accumulate wealth often negatively affect the rest of the country.
'Glass House' Chronicles The Sharp Decline Of An All-American Factory Town
Once a bustling town, Lancaster, Ohio, is now beset by unemployment, low wages and drug abuse. Brian Alexander chronicles the rise and fall of his hometown in his new book, Glass House.
What Will It Take To Bring Back Domestic Manufacturing Jobs?
Rachel Martin talks to Scott Paul, the president of Alliance for American Manufacturing, one of 28 business and union leaders appointed to President Trump's new manufacturing jobs initiative.
U.S. Companies Uncertain Of NAFTA Trading Under Trump Administration
NAFTA critics say money and jobs go to Mexico, but U.S. companies, like Kansas City Southern, do benefit. The company, built around trade with Mexico, has been hit hard by Trump's victory.
When Trump Tweets, This Bot Makes Money
Ben Gaddis, president of Austin-based advertising company T3 made an Internet bot that shorts stock when President Donald Trump tweets negatively about a company.
Kenyan Bus Driver Speaks Out Against Everyday Corruption On Live TV
In a television program, he told the president that he had to have $8 in his pocket every day to pay off the police — or face traffic tickets and towing.
Chasing A Dream Built On Dairy, This Master Of Milk Came Home
For one of the biggest and most successful dairymen in America, success was based in part on crossing cultural boundaries. Now, he has returned home to continue building his empire of milk.