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Why the bill to force a TikTok sale came alongside foreign aid
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Ellen Rolfes
Apr 26, 2024
Plus: Do bad reviews kill good companies? We'll talk about it, and do the numbers on noncompetes in this week's newsletter.
Why are bananas so cheap?
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Janet Nguyen
Jun 23, 2023
They’re less expensive than other grocery staples, including tomatoes. But they were once considered a luxury item, like caviar.
A program designed to help low-income people pay for heating faces the need to pay for AC
May 17, 2022
The climate crisis has made it a necessity.
Wildfires disproportionately affect low-income Americans, study finds
Aug 3, 2022
The overlap between wildfire risk and concentrated insurance markets leaves residents with few options.
To fund climate-friendly agriculture, farmers seek financial support from restaurants
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Rae Solomon
Nov 28, 2022
Some restaurants have joined an effort to support regenerative farming with a 1% charge on sales.
After last year's Pride backlash, many brands back away from trans-inclusive campaigns
Jun 10, 2024
After a period in which companies tried to stand out with progressive messages, experts see brands proceeding with caution this year.
Climate change is making prescribed burning trickier in the West
Jun 3, 2022
The controlled burns are supposed to help minimize wildfire hazards, but fires in New Mexico that got out of control have some questioning whether climate change is altering that calculation.
Democrats pass major agenda items, but they have a lot of hard work ahead
Aug 15, 2022
Democrats need to make the Inflation Reduction Act live up to its promise, Felicia Wong of the Roosevelt Institute says.
Record heat, drought decimate Louisiana’s beloved crawfish season
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Matt Bloom
Mar 15, 2024
Farmers are catching less than half of their normal haul. Restaurants are hiking prices for the tiny, lobster-like crustacean, which is threatening neighborhood traditions of gathering around a crawfish boil.
"Refilleries" give consumers a way to reuse plastic bottles and cut waste
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Emily Jones
Jun 13, 2022
Businesses are reviving an old model to reduce single-use plastic in an effort to curb plastic pollution and fight climate change.
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Econ Crash Course, Week 1: The hockey stick
Welcome to the first week of our “Econ 101” crash course. Together, we’ll read one chapter each week from Core Econ’s “E…