The pervasive danger facing American Indian and Alaska Native women has reached crisis levels: - More than half have been sexually assaulted - More than a third have been raped - Homicide is the third-leading cause of death for those aged 15-24

Seattle's $15 minimum wage was supposed to crush hiring. Look at what happened instead

Thanks to Trump's tax cut, companies in the S&P 500 are set to save a total of $2 trillion in taxes over 10 years. Meanwhile, evidence is mounting that the promised economic boost isn’t materializing for everyone else

Capitalism isn’t working right. The U.S. economy is growing, but workers are seeing less and less of the benefits

America needs to embrace the high-speed rail. Trains running 200 miles an hour can connect people to jobs as much as 100 miles away from where they live🚆

Not only are metal straws expensive to replace, they're also not providing their intended environmental benefit. The metal variants require mining, plus large amounts of energy to convert into sheet metal and then fashion it into a cylindrical tube

Restaurants and bars are replacing their plastic straws with reusable metal variants. But there's a hitch: customers keep taking the metal straws home with them

America is riddled with: 💰 corruption 🏗️ inefficient bidding 🏡 high land-acquisition costs 👷🏻‍♂️ overstaffing 🚧 regulatory barriers 🙅🏽‍♀️ poor maintenance All of these inefficiencies add up to a country that has forgotten how to build

When companies ditched pensions for 401(k) plans, they put the burden of saving for retirement on their employees. Now workers are facing poverty. But employers can do something about it, if they choose. It costs just $2.64 an hour...